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as '''Jedara Daasimayya''' ({{lang|kn|ಜೇಡರ ದಾಸಿಮಯ್ಯ}}), was an Indian mid-11th century [[poet]] and vachanakaara in [[Kannada language|Kannada]]. He was one of the first propagators of kurihina shetty(jhandra), He was born in Mudanuru, a village in [[Shorapur]] Taluk, [[Yadagiri]] district in Karnataka. Being a weaver by profession, His village had a Ramanatha temple among its many temples, dedicated to [[Shiva]] as worshiped by [[Rama]], the epic hero and incarnation of [[Vishnu]]. That is why Dasimayya's signature name (ankitanama) is Ramanatha, meaning Rama's Lord, i.e. Shiva.<br />
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[[Jadranka Kosor|Jadara]] Dasimayya's [[vachanas]] are dedicated to Ramanatha. He was one of the earliest propagator of the<br />
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Dasimayya was performing intense [[Asceticism|ascetic]] practices in a [[jungle]], when he claimed [[Shiva]] appeared to him. He allegedly told him to work in the practical world. As a result, Dasimayya renounced his practices and took up the trade of a [[weaver (occupation)|weaver]]. He is also known as Jedar Dasimayya, "Dasimayya of the weavers". Today there is a large community of weavers called [[Devanga]] spread across the southern states of [[India]] who follow Jadara Dasimayya.<ref name="Devanga_Weavers_Sen10">{{cite news|title='Will raise weavers' issue in Assembly session'|date=26 February 2019|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/bsy-promises-raise-weavers-720533.html|newspaper=Deccan Herald|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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Today, popular tradition identifies several places where Dasimayya set up his weaver's [[loom]]s in Mudanuru.<br />
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Like most that followed him, he taught a life of complete [[nonviolence]], even teaching local hunting tribes to [[Vegetarianism|renounce meat]] and provide for themselves through pressing and selling oil.{{Citation needed|date= November 2012}}<br />
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Dasimayya married Duggale, who grew up in Shivapura. He later became a [[teacher]], eventually giving initiation to the wife of the local [[Chalukya]] king Jayasimha, Suggale.<ref name=Ramanujan1973>{{cite book |last1=Ramanujan |first1=AK |title=Speaking of Siva |url=https://archive.org/details/speakingofiva0000rama |url-access=registration |date=1973 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=0140442707 |page=[https://archive.org/details/speakingofiva0000rama/page/92 92] }}</ref><br />
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