Sarvajña was a Kannada poet, pragmatist and philosopher of the 16th century.

The word "Sarvajna" in Sanskrit literally means "the all knowing".

His father was Kumbara Malla and his mother was Mallaladevi.

His birth anniversary is celebrated on February 20 every year.

He is famous for his pithy three-lined poems called tripadi (written in the native three-line verse metre, "with three padas, a form of Vachana").