Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as Deva of Devas and Mahaprasada. As the Lord has directed, he abides joined to the sacred feet without difference or separation. If he has…

Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as Deva of Devas and Mahaprasada. He asks whether he possesses any independent freedom apart from what the Lord’s sacred feet direct. He compares this…

Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as Deva of Devas and Mahaprasada and asks Him to hear his supplication. The Lord caused him to be born amid the bustle of bodily…

Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as Deva of Devas and Mahaprasada and asks Him to receive his supplication. The Lord’s sacred feet extend beyond the seven lower worlds, and His…

Summary Basavanna gathers ten sacred relations and observances into one complete field: Guru, Linga, Jangama, Padodaka, Prasada, Vibhuti, Rudrakshi, Panchakshari, Gana-vrata–Nema, and Achara–Shila. When these become complete within relationship, inwardly…

Summary Shiva is the one who appears, and Shiva Himself is the one who hides. He takes form before the eyes, yet before the mind He remains elusive, troubling it…

Summary When the inexpressible Greatness descended upon the throne that could not be seen, the visibly manifest Sangamanatha rose and departed. Offerings were repeatedly given and prepared, yet they disappeared…

Summary As a lake filled by flowing water satisfies the many moving and unmoving beings dependent upon it, Prabhudeva’s fulfilment becomes fulfilment for innumerable Mahaganas. Basavanna strengthens the image through…

Summary Chennabasavanna awakened Basavanna to what lay behind him, revealed the condition ahead, and removed his doubt. Basavanna calls him the father who removes his inner deficiency. With such a…

Summary Basavanna states that a taste cannot be offered to the Linga unless one has personally tasted it. Sacred offering cannot arise from borrowed knowledge or an experience not inwardly…