Meaning: be a (gentle) blade of grass at the foot of mountain, and jasmine flower at home, Be (strong) like a rock when fate pours (torrential) rains of difficulties on you, Be sweet like sugar and jaggery to the poor and weak, Be one among all, Mankuthimma. The following are but a few of the poems that are quite well known to people familiar with Kannada literature: Hullaagu BettadaDi, manege malligeyaagu Kallaagu kashtagaLa maLe vidhi suriye Bella sakkareyaagu deena durbalaringe EllaroLagondaagu Mankuthimma Kagga is very popular in Kannada literature, and most native Kannada speakers are familiar with at least a few of the poems from this important work. The message of many of the verses from Kagga is "samatwa". Thus, Kagga advises us to follow the middle path while extending one hand towards the Ultimate Truth and the other hand to the phenomenal world. Kagga explores deeper questions of life, contemplates on the meaning of the Ultimate Truth (reality) and advises us to lead a balanced life in this complex and ever-changing world. The poet politely that if the word Mankuthimma is crude and below standard it can be substituted by either Venka or Kanka or Shankararya as they please. Though the author calls it an 'a foggy fools farrago', it is a book giving expression to a noble personality's rich experiences. Kagga poems are profound as well as poetic. Some of these poems are written in old Kannada style (halegannada). Kagga is a collection of 945 poems, each being four lines in length. The title of this work can be translated as "Dull Thimma's Rigmarole". It is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Kannada literature and is referred to as the Bhagavad Gita in Kannada. Gundappa (known by the name D V G) and published in 1943, is one of the best known of the major literary works in Kannada. We have developed this application out of love for Mankutimmana Kagga and will never use it as a medium to shove advertisements.Mankuthimmana Kagga, written by Dr. A simple sharing feature enables you to share your favorite Kagga with your friends through a social application of your choice. All the Kaggas are stored on your device, that means you can access all kaggas even when you are not connected to internet. Read about Mankutimmana Kagga and its author D.V.Gundappa in Kannada and English on wikipedia from right within the application. For example type "baduku jataka bandi" and find one of the most famous of the kaggas instantly. Search Kagga's either by typing words in Kannada or simply by typing the kannada words in latin. A powerful search option to quickly go to the Kagga through its index. Strikingly simple UI with utmost focus on content. The application is unique with the following features: This application is an attempt to make available this literary treasure to a whole new generation which is used to consuming knowledge that comes through their hand held smart phones. Sometimes it is regarded as the Bhagavadgeethe(this being the holy scripture for Hindus) of Kannada. Mankutimmana Kagga, can be translated to English as "Dull Thimma's rigmarole" has an esteemed position in the hearts and minds of the Kannada speaking populace all over the world.
It also consists of simple kannada word-to-word meaning and essence in Kannada taken from “Kagga Rasadhare” series by Ravi Tirumalai. The application contains all 945 verses with the essence translated in English by Prashanth Kota.
Mankutimmana Kagga (beta) application renders on your android phone the priceless gems of wisdom composed by D.V.Gundappa (affectionately known as DVG) - one of the most renowned poets the Kannada language has ever seen.