Kavirajamarga

Some historians believe Kavirajamarga may have been co-authored by a poet in the king's court, the Kannada language theorist Sri Vijaya.

[6][7] Amoghavarsha I came to the throne in 814 at the age of 14 and took great interest in the Kannada language, culture, country and its people, and his writing Kavirajamarga goes into these details as well.

[5] An English translation of a quote from the writing goes as follows,[9] In all of the earth No fairer land you'll find Than that were rich sweet Kannada Voices the people's mind 'Twixt sacred river twain it lies- From famed Godavari To where the pilgrim rests his eyes Only holy Kaveri...

The people of that land are skilled To speak in rhythmic tone, And quick to grasp a poet's thought, So kindred to their own Not students only, but the folk untutored in the school, By instinct use and understand

[10][11] In his criticism, Amoghavarsha I writes that old Kannada is appropriate in "ancient poems" but is insipid in works of the present time, like an "association with an old woman".