 Adikavi Pampa

Pampa (, 10th century), called by the honorific Ādikavi ("First Poet") was a Kannada Jain poet whose works reflected his philosophical beliefs.A court poet of Chalukya king Arikesari II, who was a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta dynasty king Krishna III, Pampa is best known for his epics "Vikramārjuna Vijaya" or "Pampa Bharata", and the "Ādi purāṇa", both written in the "champu" style around c.939.