Asaga was a mid-9th century Digambara Jain poet of Jain literature as well as early Kannada literature, as he wrote both in Sanskrit and Kannada languages. He is most known for his extant works in Sanskrit, including Vardhaman Charitra, an epic poetry work which runs in 18 cantos and written in 853 CE, the first Sanskrit language biography of 24th and last Thirthankara of Jainism, Mahavira; in all he has over eight works in Sanskrit to his credit.

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  • Asaga was a mid-9th century Digambara Jain poet of Jain literature as well as early Kannada literature, as he wrote both in Sanskrit and Kannada languages. He is most known for his extant works in Sanskrit, including Vardhaman Charitra, an epic poetry work which runs in 18 cantos and written in 853 CE, the first Sanskrit language biography of 24th and last Thirthankara of Jainism, Mahavira; in all he has over eight works in Sanskrit to his credit. In Kannada none of his works including Karnataka Kumarasambhava Kavya, the Kannada language version of Kalidas's epic poem, Kumārasambhava have survived. His works influenced Sri Ponna and other writers who wrote on the lives of Jain Tirthankaras; Kesiraja's work, Shabdamanidarpana written in 1260 CE, also cites his work as an authoritative example, along with other masters of early Kannada poetry.
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  • Asaga was a mid-9th century Digambara Jain poet of Jain literature as well as early Kannada literature, as he wrote both in Sanskrit and Kannada languages. He is most known for his extant works in Sanskrit, including Vardhaman Charitra, an epic poetry work which runs in 18 cantos and written in 853 CE, the first Sanskrit language biography of 24th and last Thirthankara of Jainism, Mahavira; in all he has over eight works in Sanskrit to his credit.
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