literature medium True/False

Basavanna, the 12th-century philosopher and statesman who founded the Lingayat sect, composed his devotional poetry in the highly formalized Sanskrit language.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: False

Basavanna deliberately composed his 'Vachanas' in simple, everyday Kannada so that his message of social equality and devotion could reach the common masses, bypassing the Brahminical monopoly on Sanskrit.

Topic Regional Literature - Kannada
Exam Relevance SSC CGL, KPSC
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