Experiment 04 — What happens to a Vachana in translation

Vachanas

Notebook entry — Twelfth-century Sharana verse in simple Kannada — short, radical, unsparing — exploring the lesser known Sharanas — each vachana beside its English translation. I return to these whenever life feels heavy.

30 Vachanas published

Akkamahadevi

About the Sharana

Aydakki Lakkamma

About the Sharana

Chennabankeshwara

About the Sharana

Kadasiddheshwara

About the Sharana

Malalubavi-Soma

About the Sharana

Marulasiddheshwara

About the Sharana

Panditaradhya

About the Sharana