Kannada Grammer Works

Let us look at the most prominent Grammer works on Kannada Language.

850AD
Kavirajamarga written by the Rastrakuta king Nripatunga

990AD
Chhandombuddhi (Ocean of Prosody) by Nagavarman I, Still used as reference , in the account of Vritta Meters each verse is composed to be example of the meter described.

1152-1173 AD
Sumanobana Grammarian (work Lost)

1150AD
Sabdasmruti
Kavyavalokana
Karnataka-bhasa-bhusana all by Nagavarman II

1150AD
Udayadityalankaram, by Choda prince Udayaditya , 75 stanzas on the art of poetry.

1235AD
kabbigara kaava,by Anandaya , a work written entirely without tatsamas

1260AD
Sabdamanidarpana by Kesiraja, which describes language in 322 sutras arranged in eight chapters

1268- 1368
Vedanta Desika by Bhatta Akalankedva, a Jain Pandit wrote a grammar of Kannada in Sanskrit along with a commentary

1500AD
Madavalankara by Madava chief of Hiriyur , Kuntala. A commentary on Dandin Kavya darsa.

Kavi jivha Bandhana by Eshwara Kavi on prosody , rhetoric and other subjects.

1530AD
Kabbigara Kaipidi or poets vadi-mecum by Linga. A dictionary of synonyms in 99 verses , to understand poetry by Saiva saints.

1533AD
Kavya Sara by Abhinava vadi vidyananda

1550AD
Rasa Ratnakara by Salva , Complete treatise on drammatical composition.

1600AD
Navarasalankara by Timma. On Rasa and rhetoric ornaments.

1604AD
Karnataka sabdanusanam by Bhattakalam Kedeva in Sanskrit

1700AD
Apratima vira Charitra by Tirumalayengar

1817 AD
Kurnata Language by Rev, William Carey D D

1820AD
A Grammar of the Carnataka Language by John McKerrell

1861-62AD
Canarese First and Second  Books for Natives by Rev. S. Rice

1864AD
Canarese Grammar by Hodson, T

1882AD
A Grammar of the Modern Kanarese Language by Krishnamacharya

1903AD
Grammer of kannada Language by kittel in English

1933AD
Kannada Madhyana Vyakaran by T. N. Sreekantaiya
Shabdadarsha by B. Malappa

1941 AD
A Grammar of the Oldest Kanarese Inscriptions by Narasimhia, A.N

1946AD
Kannada Madyama Vyakarna by sreekantiya
Historical Grammer of Old Kannada by G.S. Gal

1950AD
A Kanarese Grammer by Harold Spencer in English

1958AD
An outline of colloquial kannada by William Bright in English

1961AD
Structure of Kannada by R.C. Hiremaths
Kannada in T.T. Sebook, Ed. Current Trends in Linguistics by H.S. Biligiri

1962AD
Elementary Kannada by W. McCormack

1963AD
A Generative Grammer of Kannada by A K Ramanujam in English

1965AD
Co-existent phonemic systems and an Old Kannada grammar by Nayak, H.M

1983AD
A Reference grammer of Spoken Kannada by Harold schiffman in English

D. L . Narasimhachar , T.N. Sreekantaiya have done Commendable work on Kannada Grammer.

Other notable grammer works include analysis by Ulrich (1968), M V Nadkarni(1970), Amritavalli(1977), Shankarabhatt(1978), Seetharamaiah (1979) , Thirumallesh (1979), kushalappagowda(1986) , S. N. Sridhar(1991)

Dissertation on Mysore and Dharwar Dilects by M.R. Ranganath

Nijaguna Sivayogin attempted to compile the first encyclopedia in Kannada in his Vivekachintamani.

General Linguistics and Philogical studies

Sharadeya Sansara by R. V. Jahagirdar

Kannada Bhasha Shastra by R.Y. Dharwadkar

Namma Nudi by Master Venkateshaiyengar

Dravida Bhasha Vignana by B. Nagarjaich

Bhashavijnanda Multatvagalu by K. Chidandnmurti