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Uliyumeshwara Chikkanna

Full Name: Uliyumeshwara Chikkanna
Pen Name (Vachana Signature): Uliyumeshwara

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Varanasi, Avimukti-he is here.
Hima Kedara, Virupaksha-he is here.
Gokarna, Seturameshwara-he is here.
Srishaila Mallinatha-he is here.
He who is in all holy places is here.
Whole linga Uliyumeshwara is here
[Vachana No.1595] [1]

Uliyumeshwara Chikkanna belongs to Devaragudi village of Sindhanur taluk in Raichur district. The presiding deity here is Huliyumeshwara or Mallikaarjuna was also his personal of god. The word Chikka appearing in Kailedevapura inscription (1279) probably refers to this Chikkanna. Through Devaragudi inscriptions it becomes evident that he must have been an acharya belonging to Kaalamukha Shaiva

Some 12 vachanas are extant at present bearing the signature Uliyumeshwara. Renunciation of he world, praising devotees, the wish to attain nirvana, feeling of a servant, charity are some of the themes of his vachanas.

I make my mind cot and spread my body.
Come! O come!
O you are within me, come!
O you are without me, come!
My Shivalingadeva, come!
O lover of devotees, come!
Om namah shivaya, I call you!
Come, O Uliyumeshwaralinga!
[Vachana No.1593] [1]

If I say I am bhakta, I am sharana, I am lingaikya
doesn’t linga laugh?
Don’t five organs laugh?
Doesn’t the six enemies of the self laugh?
Don’t the satva, raja and tamo gunas within laugh?
Tell me Uliyumeshwara
[Vachana No.1592] [1]

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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