Paravastu Chinnayasuri (1806/7–1861/2)[1] was a Telugu writer who played a prominent role in the elevation of prose to importance in Telugu literature.[2] He was the first Telugu Pandit at the Presidency College, Madras.[3] He also worked as a law scholar for the Supreme Court of East India Company. He was acclaimed as a profound scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit in the traditional education. More than a third of his life span was spent in teaching Telugu in schools and in the Presidency college, Madras.
Life
Paravastu Chinnayasuri was born in 1806/7 in Perambur of Chengalpattu district in a Satani family[4][5] He was the son of Venkata Rangayya, a Vaishnavite scholar. He worked as a Telugu teacher at Pachaiyappa's College in Madras. He also worked as a law scholar for the Supreme Court of East India Company. He was a Pundit in the Telugu, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil languages. He died in 1861/2.
Literary works
Chinnayasuri translated the first two books of the Sanskrit Panchatantra into Telugu, entitling his translation the Nīticaṃdrika. It was published by Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons in Madras.[6] He wrote the Bālavyākaraṇamu (transl. Children's Grammar), a textbook for teaching Telugu grammar in schools.[7] He translated Thomas Lumisden Strange's Manual of Hindoo Law of 1856, entitling it the Hiṃdūdharmaśāstrasaṃgrahamu.[8]
References
- ^ Vakulabharanam, Rajagopal (2004). Self and Society in Transition: A Study of Modern Autobiographical Practice in Telugu. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 104.
- ^ Vēṅkaṭarāvu, Niḍudavōlu (1978). The Southern School in Telugu Literature. University of Madras.
- ^ Madras, University of (1957). Annals of Oriental Research. University of Madras. p. 23.
- ^ Blackburn, Stuart H.; Dalmia, Vasudha (2004). India's Literary History: Essays on the Nineteenth Century. Orient Blackswan. p. 153. ISBN 978-81-7824-056-5.
- ^ నారాయణరావు, వెల్చేరు; శ్రీనివాస్, పరుచూరి (January 2019). "చిన్నయ సూరి – గిడుగు రామమూర్తి 2 – ఈమాట". eemaata (in Telugu). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Paravastu, Chinnayasuri (1954). Neeti Chandrika (in Telugu). Chennai: Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons. p. 218. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Paravastu, Chinnayasuri (1959). Bala Vyakaranamu (in Telugu) (Third ed.). Madras: Rayalu and Co. p. 164. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Chinnayasuri, Paravastu (1869). Hindu Dharmashastra Sangrahamu (in Telugu) (Third ed.). Madras: C. V. Krishnasawmi Pillai. p. 136. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070310212743/http://www.teluguworld.org/lit.html
- http://panchatantra.org/index.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090410030240/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Telugu/Prose/1%20Mithrabedhamu.pdf
- https://archive.org/stream/HistoryCultureOfTheAndhras/TXT/00000324.txt
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