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'''Gajaga''', ([[Gaja]] is [[Sanskrit]] for [[elephant]] and whose earlier name was '''Gajankusha''') was a writer of [[Rashtrakuta literature]] in the [[Kannada language]] of the 9th-10th century. he finds mention in ''[[Shabdamanidarpana]]'', a comprehensive and authoritative work on [[Kannada grammar]] authored by [[Kesiraja]] in 1260 CE,<ref name="E.P.Rice, page 111">E.P. Rice – pp 111</ref><ref name="History of the Kannada Literature -III">{{cite web |url=http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/literature/history3.htm |title=History of the Kannada Literature -III |work=Dr. Jyotsna Kamat |accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref> He was considered a path breaking poet and writer of his times in the "classical age" of Kannada literature. Unfortunately no work by Gajaga has survived, but there are evidences that suggest that he was a prolific writer.

==See also==
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*[[Rashtrakuta literature]]

==References==
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[[Category:Kannada poets]]
[[Category:9th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:10th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]

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