Male Madeshwara: a Kannada oral epic, as sung by Hebbani Madayya and his troupe/ collected by K. Keshavan Prasad ; translated by C.N Ramachandran & L.N. Bhat. - New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi, 2001. - lxvii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Literature in tribal languages & oral traditions. .

Translated from Kannada.
Folk epic on Mādēśvara, 16th century Virasaivite.

Includes bibliography reference.

Acknowledgement -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Kannada Folk Epics : A Profile -- Towards a Framework for Kannada Folk -- Epic -- Male Madeshwara -- Prarthane -- Invocadon -- The Birth and Childhood of Madeshwara -- Junje Gowda -- King Shravana -- Sankamma -- Bevinatti Kalamma -- Saragoorayya -- Auspicious Aarathi -- Glossary -- Bibliography

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Madesvara, -- active 16th century -- Poetry.
Folk poetry, Kannada -- Translations into English.
Madesvara, -- active 16th century
Folk poetry, Kannada.

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