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Ajaganna (ಅಜಗಣ್ಣ)

Full Name: Ajaganna
Pen Name (Vachana Signature): Mahaghana Someshwara

Teachings of my guru was like darkness visiting the sun
Teachings of my guru was like air holding a lamp
Teachings of my guru was like camphor in the face of fire
As the sadguru Mahaghana Saurashtra Someshwara graced my palm
all the worlds ran away from me.
[Vachana No.1419] [1]

Ajaganna is brother to Muktaayakka. He lived in Lakkundi. He was a ‘secret devotee’ who kept the Ishtalinga in his mouth. He believed in the worship of god through feeling.

Many vachanakaras have extolled him as the representative of Aikyasthala. The greatness of his personality has been permanently etched in the vachanas of Muktaayakka.

Some two vachanas created by him are available under the signature line Mahaghana Someshwara. The nature Guru, the form of Gur and disciple relationship and the identity of a sharana are recorded in these vachanas. When chennabasavanna says ‘Prabhudevas ten vachanas are equal to Ajagannas five vachanas’, he is indicating the value ofAjagannas vachanas.

References

[1] "VACHANA" English Version Translation by: O.L. Nagabhushana Swamy, ISBN: 978-93-81457-12-2, 2012, Pub: Basava Samithi, Basava Bhavana Benguluru 560001.
[2] Shivasharaneyaru, by: Shri Somashekhar Munavalli and Shri Siddhayya Puranik, 1994, Pub: Shree Basaveshwara Peetha, Karnataka University Dharwad-580003.
[3] Heaven of Equality, Transalted by: Dr. C. R.Yaravintelimath and Dr. M. M. Kalburgi, 2003, Pub: Shree Basaveshwara Peetha, Karnataka University Dharwad-580003.

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