Mankuthimmana Kagga is one of the giant literary works in Kannada authored by D V Gundappa which is known to be as Kannadada Bhagavadgita / Common Man’s Bhagavadgita.
- Mankuthimmana Kagga has 945 verses which covers various different topics
- DVG was always fascinated by common man’s grasp of Vachanas and other short verses which was used in day to-day lives and wrote Kagga in similar fashion where every verse is 4 lines long and ends with ‘Mankuthimma’ and whole intention was to reach common man
- DVG as prologue has written a story (Kaggada Kathe) where he explains how ‘Somi’ got hold of the book Mankuthimmana Kagga and that boy is very similar to DVG who gets knowledge/guidance from his uncle during his childhood days
- In the initial edition of the book (1943) , DVG has not even published his name as part of the book as he modestly admitted its just knowledge passing verses from a mater to his disciple and in subsequent editions due to pressure from close circles he obliged to add his name
- As S R Ramaswamy (Member of the DVG Study Group) states today Kagga is no more a book it has become a Industry on which many thrive
Recommendations
- D V Gundappa and Mankuthimmana Kagga : Talk by Hari Kumar on DVG and his most talked work ‘Mankuthimmana Kagga’ (In English)
- For more elaborate read and understanding we request to follow the works of Prof. H S Lakshminarayana Bhatta ,D.R. Venkataraman ,A. Narasimha Bhatt and K Sheshagiri Rao.
- If you know Kannada then do listen to commentaries of Swami Brahmananda, Swami Chidananda ,Shatavadhani Ganesh and G.S Natesh who are veterans in field of Kagga.
- Kagga For Everyone / Ellarigaagi Kagga Playlist
- Chinmaya Mission’s Swami Brahmananda’s Kagga Recital and Explanation
- Kannada Govt. Portal : Brief Info about DVG and his works along with recital and explanation of each Mankuthimmana Kagga (In Kannada)
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