आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

(12th c. C.E.) Poet-saint and religious
leader in the Lingayat community, a
bhakti (devotional) community that
worships Shiva as the single supreme
god and rejects all caste regulations.
The Lingayats formed in the southern
Indian state of Karnataka, where they
still have a considerable presence,
and the collections of poetry that
form their most important religious
texts are composed in the Kannada
language. According to legend,
Allama was Shiva himself on earth,
and the honorific title “Master”
(Prabhu) indicates the respect that
his Lingayat contemporaries granted
him. In his poetry, Allama spoke from
the perspective of one who had
gained final liberation and had completely transcended all ritual and
worldly ties. For further information
see A. K. Ramanujan (trans.), Speaking
of Siva, 1973.