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Adipurana (Pampa)
The Adipurana is a Kannada epic poem by Pampa, completed in 941, telling the life of Rishabhanatha, the first Jain tirthankara. Written in the champu style mixing verse and prose, it is a founding classic of Kannada literature. Pampa composed it at the court of the Vemulavada Chalukya king Arikesari II, alongside his secular epic Vikramarjuna Vijaya.
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