Q. the earliest Kannada prose work ‘Vaddaradhane’ is written by:
Answer: Shivakotiacharya
Notes: Shivakotiacharya, a writer of the 9th-10th century, is considered the author of didactic Kannada language Jain text Vaddaradhane, a prose narrative written in pre-old-Kannada, Vaddaradhane is considered the earliest extant work in the prose genre in the Kannada language.