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Allama Prabhu ((カンナダ語:ಅಲ್ಲಮ ಪ್ರಭು)) was a 12th-century mystic-saint and ''Vachana'' poet (called ''Vachanakara'') of the Kannada language,〔 propagating the unitary consciousness of Self and Shiva.〔(shivayoga.net, ''Psychological Aspects of Shiva-yoga'' )〕〔Patton Burchett (Editor: Knut Jacobsen, 2011), Yoga Powers, Brill Academic, ISBN 978-9004212145, page 370〕 Allama Prabhu is one of the celebrated poets and the patron saint of the Lingayata movement that reshaped medieval Karnataka society and popular Kannada literature. He is included among the "Trinity of Lingayatism (Veera Shaivism)", along with Basavanna, the founder of the movement, and Akka Mahadevi, the most prominent woman poet. Allama Prabhu used poetry, now part of ''Vachana Sahitya'' literature, to criticise rituals and social conventions, to breakdown social barriers and to emphasize moral values and devotional worship of Shiva.〔〔 It is well accepted that though Basavanna was the inspiration behind the Veerashaiva movement and earned the honorific "elder brother" (''anna'') at the "mansion of experience" (Anubhava Mandapa), Allama was the real guru who presided over it.〔 According to the scholars K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and Joseph T. Shipley, Vachana literature comprises pithy pieces of poetic prose in easy to understand, yet compelling Kannada language.〔 The scholar E. P. Rice characterises ''Vachana'' poems as brief parallelistic allusive poems, each ending with one of the popular local names of the god Shiva and preaching the common folk detachment from wordly pleasures and adherence to devotion to the god Shiva (Shiva Bhakti).〔Rice E.P. in 〕 ==Biography== The biographical details of Allama Prabhu that can be historically verified are scanty, and much that is known about him is from hagiographic legends.〔 Some details of the early life of Allama are available in the writings of noted Hoysala poet Harihara, while other accounts are generally considered legendary. Allama Prabhu was born in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India, in the 12th century, to Sujnani and Nirashankara.〔Roshen Dalal, Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide, Penguin, ISBN 978-0143423171, page 159〕 He was a contemporary of the other famous Veerashaiva devotee-poets (''sharanas''), Basavanna and Akka Mahadevi.〔 According to Harihara's biography of Allama, the earliest account of the saint's life, he was a temple drummer in modern Shivamogga district, Karnataka state, India. He came from a family of temple performers, was himself an expert at playing the a type of drum called ''maddale'', and his father was a dance teacher.〔 Allama Prabhu married a dancer named Kamalathe, but she died prematurely. The grief-stricken Allama wandered aimlessly, arriving at a cave temple, where he met the saint Animisayya (or Animisha, "the open eyed one").〔 The saint gave him a linga icon, blessed him with knowledge on god, and, Allama was enlightened and transformed into a seeker of spirituality. Allama's pen name, (''ankita'' or ''mudra''), ''Guheshvara'' the god who stays with every one in the heart cave (also spelt ''Guheswara'' or ''Guhesvara'', ''lit'', "Lord of the caves"), which he used in most of his poems is said to be a celebration of his experience in the cave temple.〔〔http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/A/AllamaPrabhu/index.htm〕 Allama Prabhu spread his message with songs, playing a lyre as he wandered from place to place.〔 Most of his compositions were spontaneous and in vernacular language, but some were written in ''Sandhya Bhasha'' (a code filled language of secret doctrines understood by Yogi Sidhas),〔SK Das (2005), A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From Courtly to the Popular, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-8126021710, pages 167-169〕 a riddle-filled questions-packed poetry in the Vedic and Upanishadic tradition.〔AK Ramanujan (1996), Untying the Knot: On Riddles and Other Enigmatic Modes (Editors: Galit Hasan-Rokem, David Dean Shulman), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0195108569, pages 179-190〕 Allama died in Kadalivana near Srishila (Andhra Pradesh), and legend has it that he "became one with the ''linga''".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allama Prabhu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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