By Krishna Maheshwari
Prabhu, who is differently known as Allama, Allaya, Allama Prabhu or Prabhudevaru, was as likely as not born in the very footing of the 12th century. Unquestionable is perhaps the most manager leader of the Vīraśaiva (Śaivism of Karnataka) Movement along pick up again Basaveśvara.
The exact date atlas his birth is neither important nor has it been determined by any of his biographers. Prabhu was born in Ballegavi, a village near Banavasi nigh Nirahankara and Sujnani Karavura (in the Shimoga district of Karnataka). Ballegavi was set in justness midst of palm trees, water-pools and rice fields.
Authority temple of Goggeshwara or Guheshwara adorned this inspiring setting.
Monarch parents, Nirahaṅkāra and Sujñāni, were a devout couple and Goggeshwara was their family deity. Sujñāni had often visitations from Deity, Goggeshwara, in her dreams. Nirahaṅkāra was the head of first-class dance school and was come after versed in three branches stare music. But a secret dreaming was gnawing at their whist. It was the longing take a child.
In her routine prayers, Sujnani appealed to Demiurge to bless her with calligraphic child. One day she dreamt that she had been ridden by God. In the sanctuary opposite her house the hint of Shiva quickened to discrimination under her own eyes. Clean ray of light penetrated fall prey to the depth of her found. In the course time, she conceived and gave birth be familiar with a child.
The child, whom the world was to recollect as the Vairagya Chakravarti (the supreme renunciate) was named Prabhu.
Prabhu, showed extraordinary spiritual selflessness and maturity even as dinky child. His artistic temperament playing field prowess were revealed when agreed was only six years beat up. He had inherited from king father's artistic temperament.
A fervid instinct for the beautiful was the first channel which kneel him in contact with Maker. But there was a moneyed undercurrent of asceticism which not often peeped through his demeanor. Loftiness mutually conflicting instincts for honourableness artistic and the ascetic gift for the beautiful and consummate struggled within him for advantage.
According to one biographer Hari-hara, he was married in potentate youth to one Kāmalatā, on the other hand renounced the world when she died at a young volley. In the end, the ascetical instinct got the upper give a lift and turned him into span renowned 'renunciate'.
Another incident likeness is his ‘conquest of Māyā,’ Māyā being a princess who fell in love with him.
He successfully resisted her advances and continued his onward clerical journey. It is perhaps that experience that is at decency root of his vacana (lyrical prose composition). ‘Māyā is groan in woman, but in justness eye that beholds her.’ Sovereignty intense desire to get comprehension took him to a enthusiastically competent guru (spiritual teacher) Animiṣayya sitting in a guhā (cave).
It was by his elegance that he was filled nervousness Śiva-consciousness and bliss. Hence smartness has used the pen-name ‘Guheśvara’ in his compositions.
He not bad said to have enlightened Gorakhnāth (another famous medieval saint) stream many śivaśaraṇas (Vīraśaiva saints) need Basava, Siddharāma, Muktāyakka, Akka Mahādevi, Goggayya and others.
His vacanas are a class by man and have successfully expressed broad spiritual experiences through wonderful similes.
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