Veturi Prabhakara Sastri

Veturi Prabhakara Sastri
Born February 7, 1888
Pedakallepalli, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died August 29, 1950
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Hindu
Citizenship India

Veturi Prabhakara Sastri (February 7, 1888 – August 29, 1950) was a Pundit (expert) in both Sanskrit and Telugu languages.

Contribution

As a publisher and writer, he introduced to Telugu people several ancient texts, in association with Manavalli Ramakrishna from prachya likhita pustaka bhandagaram (library of ancient scripts). He discovered the copper scripts of Annamayya's poetry and introduced them to Telugu people.[1] Similarly, he unearthed palm scripts of Ranganadha's Ragadalu. He published Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra, Srinadha Vaibhavamu, Sringara Srinadham, Manu Charitra, Basava Puranam etc. with elaborate introductions. He translated Bhasa's Pratimanatakam, Karnabharam and Madhyamavyayogam.

Spiritual Life

Veturi Prabhakara Sastry became a spiritual disciple of Master C V V. (Canchupati Venkatrao Venkaswami Rao) on June 22, 1916

Vangmaya Peetam

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) established "Sriman Veturi Prabhakara Sastry Vangmaya Peetam" in 2007 to publish his books and research works.[2] A life-size bronze statue of Sri Veturi was installed before the SVETA Complex in Tirupati.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/30/stories/2008083051460300.htm
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/08/stories/2008020850390200.htm
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