Some examples of naturalised ( tatbhava ) words of Prakrit origin in Kannada are baṇṇa derived from vaṇṇa, arasu ( king ), and from Sanskrit, varṇa ( color ), hunnime ( new moon ) from puṇṇivā, paurṇimā ( full moon ), and rāya from rāja ( king ).

According to an inscription in Kannada dated 1162 A. D., it was built by the Early Chalukya king Vijayaditya and was named Vijayeshvara.

* Rajakumar, king of Kannada cinema

Odeyar in Kannada means the king or the owner.

Nripatunga, a Rashtrakuta king, has described Koppal in his Kannada work, Kavirajamarga, as the great Kopananagara.

He patronised Kannada poets Mallanarya who wrote Veera-saivamrita, Bhava-chinta-ratna and Satyendra Chola-kathe, Chatu Vittal-anatha who wrote Bhaga-vatha, Timmanna Kavi who wrote a eulogy of his king in Krishna Raya Bharata.

and the establishment of control over Kannada country, Rajendra I had famous titles like Mudikonda Chozhan ( crown prince ), ' Jayasimha Saraban ' ( the vanquisher of Jayasimha ), Mannaikonda Sozhan ( the King who took possession of Mannai ( kadakkam ) i. e. Chalukyan capital of Manyakheta – called Mannaikadakkam in Chola annals ), Irattapadikonda Sozhan ( the king who conquered Irattapadi or the land of the Rashtrakutas ( later usurped by the Chalukyas ), Nirupathivaagaran ( the king who subdued Hoysala Nrupathunga and his successors ).

In the year 1231, at Chintamani ( in present day Karnataka region with a mixed Kannada / Telugu population ) it is said that the king granted privileges like right to the yajnopavita ( the sacred thread worn by Brahmins ), right to ride a palanquin, right to one's own flag and symbol etc ... to Devanga weavers.

The scholar Iravatham Mahadevan proved that Kannada was already a language of rich oral tradition earlier than 3rd century B. C., and based on the native Kannada words found in Prakrit and Sanskrit inscriptions of that period, Kannada must have been spoken by a widespread and stable populations.

He learnt that Vijaya Nagar ruler Sri Krishnadeva Raya was a revered patron for poetry and poets besides being a scholar in Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit languages on par.

He patronised Kannada poet Chatu Vittalanatha and the great singer Purandaradasa ( Father of Carnatic music ) and the Sanskrit scholar Rajanatha Dindima II.

Archaeological evidences prove Kannada inscriptions found as far north as Madhya Pradesh ( Inscription of Krishna III ) and Bihar.

Unfortunately for Rajendra III, the Hoysalas had lost any claim to regional power in Kannada and the Tamil countries, as they had been wiped out of Tamizhagam and indeed lost territories inside Kannada country itself to Jatavarman Sundara Pandiyan.

This area is today known as Hosapattana and lies in the Honavar administrative district of Uttara Kannada.

Usage of the dialect is somewhat on the decline, since the community is of late required to speak not only the language of the area of residence ( Tamil, Kannada ) but also the English and Hindi languages.

The district has an area of 13, 415 square kilometers, and is bounded on the west and north by Maharashtra state, on the northeast by Bijapur District, on the east by Bagalkote District, on the southeast by Gadaga District, on the south by Dharawada District and Uttara Kannada districts, and on the southwest by the state of Goa.

" Referring to other housing projects, he said that 14 acre of land had been acquired at Padavu village to develop house sites, and this area will be named after the architect of modern Dakshina Kannada, late Ullal Srinivas Mallya.

Narayana claims that many tribal languages which are now designated as Kannada dialects could be nearer to the earlier form of the language with lesser influence from other languages.

Kannada speaking areas now got grouped under five administrative units of the Bombay and Madras provinces, Kodagu, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad.

It is now recognized that Toda ( along with its neighbor Kota ) is a member of the southern subgroup of the historical family proto-South-Dravidian ; it split off from South Dravidian, after Kannada and Telugu, but before Malayalam.

Apart of Shri Hari Vidyalaya, the town of Ugar, now at approximately 40, 000 people has a government run public school as well, called ' Kannada Gandu Makkala Shale ' which means ' Kannada Boys School '.

Sankethi is distinct from Kannada and is now an independent language according to Dravidian linguists such as Hampa Nagarajaiah.

Amaranth greens, also called Chau lai ( Hindi ) and Chu or Chua ( Kumauni ), Chinese spinach, hinn choy or yin tsoi (); callaloo, dhantinasoppu ( ದ ಂ ಟ ಿ ನ ಸ ೊ ಪ ್ ಪ ು) / harive ( ಹರ ಿ ವ ೆ) ( Kannada ); త ో టక ూ ర ( Telugu ); Rajgira ( र ा जग ी र ा) ( Marathi ); ம ு ள ை க ் க ீ ர ை ( Tamil ); cheera ച ീ ര ( Malayalam ); bayam ( Indonesian ); phak khom ผ ั กโขม ( Thai ); tampala, or quelite ( Oriya ); Khada Saga, are a common leaf vegetable throughout the tropics and in many warm temperate regions.

It is also called sapsige soppu (< big > ಸಪ ್ ಸ ಿ ಗ ೆ ಸ ೊ ಪ ್ ಪ ು</ big >) in Kannada.

In Kannada, Kohlrabi is called Gedde Kosu or Navilu Kosu.

In South Indian snack cuisine, there is an item called HappLa in Kannada / vadam in Tamil, which is a chip made of an extruded rice / sago or multigrain base that has been around for many centuries.

Turmeric is commonly called ' Halodhi ' in Assamese, Pasupu in Telugu, Kaha ( කහ ) in Sinhala, Manjal ( மஞ ் சள ் ) in Tamil literally meaning yellow color, Arisina ( ಅರ ಿ ಸ ಿ ಣ ) in Kannada, Haridra ( हर ि द ् र ) in Sanskrit, Haldi ( حلدی ) in Urdu and Haldar or Haldi ( हल ् द ी) in Hindi, Haladi ( ହଳଦ ୀ) in Oriya, ' Halud ( হল ু দ )' in Bengali Besar ( ब ॆ स ा र ) in Nepalese.

Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas () and number roughly 70 million, is one of the 40 most spoken languages in the world.

Bhakri is called ರ ಾ ಗ ಿ ರ ೊ ಟ ್ ಟ ಿ ( ragi rotti in Kannada ) in Karnataka.

In India, split pigeon peas ( toor dal ) also called Togari bele in Kannada are one of the most popular pulses, being an important source of protein in a mostly vegetarian diet.

The combination of areca nut with betel leaf is called tamul ( ত া ম ূ ল / " ত া ম ো ল ") in Assamese, kavala in Kannada, tambulam in Sanskrit, bajjai in Tulu, and paan in Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, and Urdu.

In India and Pakistan, ginger is called adrak in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, aad in Maithili, aadi in Bhojpuri, aada in Bengali, Adu in Gujarati, hashi shunti ( ಹಸ ಿ ಶ ುಂ ಟ ಿ) in the Kannada, allam ( అల ్ ల ం) in Telugu, inji ( இஞ ் ச ி) in Tamil and Malayalam, inguru ( ඉඟ ු ර ු) in Sinhalese, alay in Marathi, and aduwa ( अद ु व ा ) in Nepali.

No Telugu / Kannada New Year's Day called Ugadi passes without eating ugadi pacchadi made with mango pieces as one of the ingredients.

On the Indian subcontinent, green chickpeas are called Chana ( ચણ ા) in Gujarati Harbharaa in Marathi, while other varieties are known as Kadale Kaalu in Kannada, Shanaga ( శనగ ) in Telugu, chana in Hindi and other Indic languages, small brown peas are called Chhola ( ghoogni when cooked ) and the whitish bigger variety is called Kabuli Chhola in Bengali and Konda Kadalai in Tamil, where they are a major source of protein in a mostly vegetarian culture.

In Kannada, the actual cassava is called kolli or mara genasu and the product is known as " Sabbakki ".

In India, pearl sago is called javvarisi ( Tamil ), sabudana ( Hindi ), স া ব ু দ া ন া ( Sabudana ) in Bengali & સ ા બ ુ દ ા ણ ા in Gujarati, sabbakki ( Kannada ) and saggubeeyam ( Telugu ) among other regional and local names and is used in a variety of dishes such as desserts boiled with sweetened milk on occasion of religious fasts.

Mahishūru later became Mahisūru and finally came to be called Maisūru, its present name in the Kannada language.

Newspaper publishing in Mysore started in 1859 when Bhashyam Bhashyacharya began publishing a weekly newspaper in Kannada called the Mysooru Vrittanta Bodhini, the first of a number of weekly newspapers published in the following three decades.

Monday is called Somavāram in Sanskrit and modern Indian languages, such as Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi and Telugu, and alludes to the importance of this god in Hindu spirituality.

In India, the word curd is defined as plain yogurt and is called dahi in Urdu and Hindi, Mosaru ( ಮ ೊ ಸರ ು) in Kannada, Thair ( தய ி ர ்) in Tamil, perugu in Telugu and by other names in other Indian languages such as Jarred.

In Oriya, it is called tentuli, in Hindi it is called imli ( इमल ी); in Rajasthani, it is known as aamli ( आम ् ल ी); in Gujarati the amli, and Marathi and Konkani the chinch ; in Kannada it is called hunase ( ಹ ು ಣಸ ೆ), Telugu chintachettu ( tree ) and chintapandu ( fruit extract.

It is called ' majjige ' in Kannada, ' taak ' in Marathi, ' majjiga ' in Telugu and ' moru ' in Tamil and Malayalam.

The language sponken by Kannada speaking Soligas is also called Soliganudi.