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{{Short description|Monotheistic Hindu religious movement}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
'''Dasakuta'''  was one of two divisions (along with [[Vyasakuta]])  of [[Haridasa]]s, a group within  the [[Bhakti movement]], one  of the [[monotheistic]]  [[Hindu]] religious [[devotional movements]] focusing on the spiritual practice  of loving devotion to a God, called [[bhakti]]. This generally means the  worship of [[Lord Vishnu]].

==History==
During the rule of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]] in [[South India]] in the 12th and 13th centuries CE, the [[Haridasa]] movement spread from the area of modern  [[Karnataka]]. The [[Lingayatism]] movement (the term is derived from Lingavantha in [[Kannada]]), spread the philosophy of [[Basavanna]], a Hindu reformer.
The [[Vyasakuta]] were required to be proficient in the [[Vedas]], [[Upanishads]] and other [[Darshana]]s.<ref name="dvaita">{{cite web
|url=http://www.dvaita.org/haridasa/overview/vdkuta.html
|title=What is the meaning of Vysakoota & Dasakoota
|publisher=dvaita.org
|accessdate=2007-01-16
|archive-date=15 January 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115080550/http://www.dvaita.org/haridasa/overview/vdkuta.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The role of the Dasakuta  was to convey the message of [[Madhvacharya]] through the [[Kannada]] language to the people. Some of the prominent saints of Dasakuta are [[Purandara Dasa]], [[Kanaka Dasa]], [[Vijaya Dasa]] and [[Jagannatha Dasa (Kannada poet)|Jagannatha Dasa]].

==See also==
*[[Guru-shishya tradition]]
* [[Paramguru]]
* [[Gurukula]] 
==Notes==
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==References==
* Jagadeesan, N ''The Life and Mission of Karaikkal Ammaiyar'' Bhattacharya, N.N. [ed] ''Medieval Bhakti Movements in India'' Munishiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, (1989), pages 149-161
==External links==
*[http://www.kamat.com/indica/faiths/bhakti/bhakti.htm Path of Devotion]
*[http://www.dvaita.org/haridasa Haridasas of Karnataka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315200119/http://www.dvaita.org/haridasa/ |date=15 March 2020 }}
*[http://www.gosai.com/dvaita/madhvacarya/madhva-vaisnava.html A Word to Our Madhava Btethren]

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[[Category:Hindu denominations]]
[[Category:History of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Kannada literature]]
[[Category:Vaishnavism]]
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