Veturi Prabhakara Sastri

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Veturi Prabhakara Sastri
Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died29 August 1950
OccupationTelugu scholar and editor
RelativesVeturi (nephew)
Veturi Prabhakara Sastri statue in Tirupati.

Veturi Prabhakara Sastri (7 February 1888 – 29 August 1950) was a Sanskrit and Telugu scholar, editor, translator and historian. He was born in the town of Pedakallepalli in the Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He was known for deciphering a few thousand of Annamayya's composition during his tenure at the Devasthanam Oriental Institute.[1] He is also recognized for his scholarship on Telugu poet Srinatha's work.[2] Veturi was involved in researching lost texts and forgotten literature, and he is regarded for his enlightened and liberal scholarship that was free of literary or religious prejudices.[3]

Work

As a publisher and writer, he introduced to the

Annamayya's poetry and introduced them to Telugu people.[4]
Similarly, he unearthed palm scripts of Ranganatha's Ragadalu. He published Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra, Srinatha Vaibhavamu, Sringara Srinatham, Manu Charitra, Basava Puranam etc. with elaborate introductions. He translated Bhasa's Pratima Natakam, Karnaabharam and Madhyama Vyayogam.

Veturi Prabhakara Sastry was also an editor of Ayurvedic texts. He edited and wrote an introduction for an Ayurvedic text called the Carucarya for a patron, the then-

satakams and stavams in praise of Venkateshwara, such as Venkatachala Vihara Satakam.[8] Veturi Prabhakara Sastry was also a translator. He rendered the classical Sanskrit farcical play 'Bhagavadajjukam' of Bodhyanakavi into Telugu, and he translated a Sanskrit farcical play 'Mattavilasaprahasanam' into a Telugu work entitled 'Mattavilasamu.'[9]

Vangmaya Peetham

Tirupati.[11]

References

  1. ^ Ramesan, N. (1981). The Tirumala Temple. Tirumala Tirupati Davasthanams. p. 279.
  2. ISBN 978-0-19-986304-4
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  3. ISBN 978-1-4008-6090-6
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  4. ^ "Tributes paid to Veturi Prabhakara Sastry". The Hindu. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. JSTOR 44443510
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  6. ^ Krishnamurthi, Salva (1996). A History of Telugu Literature. Institute of Asian Studies. p. 168.
  7. ^ Folk Culture: Folk culture & literature. Institute of Oriental and Orissan Studies. 1983. p. 220.
  8. ^ Ramesan, N. (1981). The Tirumala Temple. Tirumala Tirupati Davasthanams. p. 209.
  9. ISBN 978-81-86208-54-0
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  10. ^ "Sriman Veturi Prabhakara Sastry Vangmaya Peetam". Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  11. ^ "Statue of litterateur Veturi Prabhakara Sastri unveiled". The Hindu. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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