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Definition of Kannada
1. Noun. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
Definition of Kannada
1. Proper noun. The Dravidian language that is the official language of the state of Karnataka, South India. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kannada
Literary usage of Kannada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit by David Edwin Pingree (1994)
"He is also said to have written a Lilavati in kannada; if so, and if he really
flourished ... kannada. Incomplete. Madras BE 1657 = Madras BE (Iyer) 233. ..."
2. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1902)
"It must, indeed, be admitted that at the present day kannada is spoken only in
... In the vernacular schools Marathi alone is taught, kannada being little ..."
3. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1897)
"In those old inscriptions, moreover, which display the most literary skill, we
find separate verses in Sanskrit and in kannada interspersed with one another ..."
4. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1897)
"The written character which is common to kannada and Telugu, and which spread
over the south and was carried even to Java, is derived, through that of the ..."
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