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Sastri
Sastri is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. Seshayya Sastri (1828–1903), Indian administrator, Diwan of Travancore 1872–1877 and Diwan of Pudukkottai 1878–1894 * Bapudeva Sastri (1821–1900), Indian scholar in Sanskrit and mathematics * C. V. Kumaraswami Sastri (1870–1934), Indian lawyer, Sanskrit scholar, judge of the Madras High Court * C. V. Runganada Sastri (1819–1881), Indian interpreter, civil servant and polyglot * Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri, a carnatic music composer * Devudu Narasimha Sastri (1895–1962), Kannada writer, novelist, Sanskrit scholar, ritualist, actor and a journalist * Devulapalli Krishnasastri (1887–1980), Telugu poet, playwright and translator * Dhulipala Seetharama Sastri (1921–2007), Telugu film and Stage Actor * Eemani Sankara Sastri (1922–1987), Veena player of Carnatic music * H. Krishna Sastri (1870–1928), Indian epigraphist * Hiranand Sastri (1878–1946), Indian archaeologist and epigraphist * Ironleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannargudi Raju Sastri
Raja Mannargudi Mahamahopadhyaya Thyagaraja Mahi Raju Sastrigal (28 May 1815 – 4 March 1903), also known as Mannargudi Raju Sastri or Mannargudi Periyaval, was a Hindu scholar. He was born in the Bharadwaja Vamsa, as a descendant of Adayappaalam Sri Appayya Dikshitar. Raju Sastri was born in the village of Kuthambadi in today's Thiruvarur district as son of Maragathavalli Janakiammal and Sri Markasahaya Appa Dikshitar Gurukul Sastri went back to Mannargudi and set up his gurukul and started teaching many students. He lived in Agraharam First Street, door number 73, and taught veda sastra, anushtanams and granta for thousands of students for over sixty years. Scholars, disciples and devotees address him with reverence as ''Mannargudi Periyaval'' with great respect even today. Students flocked to learn from this scholar. People came from Maharashtra, Telugu Desam, Palakadu and from far away places to live and learn from him. Many rich vidwans and scholars saw his sincere te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarabha Sastri
Sri Sarabha Sastri (1872–1904) was an Indian venu flute player, known as the first great Brahmin flutist. He brought the flute to the mainstream Indian Carnatic concert stage – until then, it was almost exclusively a folk instrument. To Sastri goes the credit of promoting the flute to the status of a primary concert instrument from being a mere 'second fiddle' to dance. Early life and background Sri Sarabha Sastrigal was born in 1872 to Viswanatha Sastri and Smt. Dharmambal. His mother's native place was Tiruvadi and She lived next door to Saint Tyagaraja. His father died when he and his brother (Rao Sahib)Sivakumara Sastri were very young. Blind at a young age, he was initiated into a career in music under the guidance of his maternal uncle Sri Kuppusamy Sastri of Tiruvadi near Thiruvaiyaru and later by Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar, one of the leading disciples of Saint Tyagaraja. Sri Govinda Nayanakkar unravelled the mysteries of flute to young Sarabha Sastri. Sri Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natesa Sastri
S. M. Natesa Sastri (1859–1906) was a polyglot, scholar in eighteen languages and authored many books in Tamil, Sanskrit and English. His scholarliness over Tamil and Sanskrit languages got him the title "Pandit'. Life Natesa Sastri was born to Mahalinga Iyer and Akhilandeswari in August, 1859 in Sangeendhi Village, Lalgudi Taluk of Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, India. He lost his mother when he was very young and was brought up by his grandmother and step mother which he acknowledges in preface to his third volume of Folklore in Southern India (1884-1893) that contains tales recounted by them. He studied his B.A. Degree from Kumbakonam College. He worked in Department of Arts and Sculpture Archaeology, Mysore Government for about two years. In 1888 he served as Supervisor of Udagamandalam Prisons. In the year 1900 he was transferred to Department of Documents and Registration in Arcot. Later he was posted as a Manager in the office of Inspector of Documents Registrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bapudeva Sastri
Bapudeva Sastri or Narasimha Deva Paranjpe (1821–1900) was an Indian mathematician. Biography He was born on 1 November 1821, to a Hindu Brahmin family of Maharashtra. He received his early education in arithmetic and algebra at the Marathi school in Nagpur. He also studied the Lilāvati and Bijaganita under ''Dhundiraja Misra''. Noting his talent, the British political agent Lancelot Wilkinson secured his admission to the Sehore Sanskrit school where he studied Siddhānta Shiromani, Euclidean Geometry and European science in general under Pandit Sevarama and Wilkinson himself. In 1842 Sastri went to Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi, where he taught rekha-ganita (Euclidean Geometry). In 1890 Sudhakar Dwivedi was appointed the teacher of mathematics and astrology after Bapudeva Sastri, retired in 1889. Scholarly works Bapudeva Sastri translated the Siddhānta Shiromani (a treatise on Hindu mathematics written in the twelfth century by Bhaskaracharya) and published it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viswanatha Sastri
Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri (Tamil: மாயூரம் விஸ்வநாத சாஸ்திரி) (1893–1958) was a Carnatic music composer. His most remembered composition is the patriotic song "Jayathi Jayathi Bharata Mata". Translated "Victory Victory to Mother India", the song has become a standard among classical singers of South India. This song is one of the 18 songs in his book 'Bharat Bhajan' which was published in the year 1948 containing songs in praise of Bharat Matha( Mother India) and Mahatma Gandhi. This book was one among his many publications. Early life and background Sastri was born on 27 November 1893 to Ramaswamy Ganapadigal and Balambal Lakshmi in Therizhandur near Mayuram (also known as Māyavaram, present-day Mayilāduthurai) in Tamil Nadu. He was the second of six children. He was initiated in Sanskrit studies, as was the custom and was put in Sanskrit College at Kalyan Mahal, Thiruvaiyaru. He also studied the vedas simultaneously for some tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seema Sastri
''Seema Sastri'' is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy. It stars Allari Naresh and Farjana. The film was released theatrically on 16 November 2007. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the humour, action sequences, and songs, but criticized the writing. It was later remade in Kannada as '' Super Shastri'' (2012). It was dubbed into Hindu as ''Guru Mahaguru''. Plot Subramanyam Sastri falls in love with Surekha Reddy, who lives with her relatives in Hyderabad. After falling in love, Sastri gets to know that Surekha Reddy belongs to a popular factionist family in Rayala Seema. The rest of the story is all about how Subramanyam and his family members convince the factionists for the marriage in a humorous way. Cast * Allari Naresh as Subramanya Sastry * Farjana as Surekha Reddy * Ali as Lambodhara Sastry * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Peddi Reddy * L. B. Sriram as Shankar Sastry * Krishna Bhagavan * M. S. Narayana as Vaikun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Sastri
Pasqualina "Lina" Sastri is an Italian actress and singer. Life and career Born in Naples, Lina Sastri started acting in amateur dramatics at very young age. She made her professional debut with the theatrical company Teatro Libero, and had her breakout in 1974, starring in the musical drama ''Masaniello''. On stage, she worked intensively with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, and her collaborations include Eduardo De Filippo, Fabio Carpi and Memè Perlini. Sastri made her film debut in ''Il prefetto di ferro'', in 1977. In 1984 she won a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress and a David di Donatello in the same category for her performance in '' Mi manda Picone''. One year later, she won the same two awards for her role in '' Segreti segreti''. In 1987 she was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for Damiano Damiani's '' L'inchiesta''. As a singer she has released numerous albums, mainly sung in the Neapolitan dialect. She participated at the Sanremo Festival in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivanath Sastri College
Sivanath Sastri College is an undergraduate college for women in Kolkata, India, and is popularly referred to as South City Morning. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. The name commemorates the legacy of Brahmo social reformer Sivanath Sastri. It shares premises with Heramba Chandra College (popularly known as South City Day) and Prafulla Chandra College (popularly known as South City Evening). Library The library was founded on the ideals of the nineteenth century Brahmo educational movement with its focus on providing quality education to women as pioneered by Pandit Sivanath Sastri. Today even though it is hard-pressed for space and lacks desired manpower, the Sivanath Sastri college library continues with its mission to help the community to grow. The collection The library has a collection of more than 39,000 volumes which also include a small collection of conventional reference books. The library functions as a consortium of five separate units: the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiranand Sastri
Hiranand Sastri (1878–1946) was an Indian archaeologist, epigraphist and official of the Archaeological Survey of India who was involved in the excavation of numerous sites including Nalanda, and Sankissa. His son, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya', was the Hindi language poet and writer. Early life Sastri was born in 1878 in Punjab. He graduated from D.A.V. College, Lahore, winning Gold Medal for standing first in the BA examination in Sanskrit and English subjects. He obtained a MA from Oriental College, Lahore (under Punjab University), and again won Gold Medal. Career Sastri started his career as a professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at D.A.V. College, and later, he became reader in Sanskrit at the Punjab University, teaching Sanskrit and Comparative Philology. He passed the Honours Examination in Sanskrit and received the Master of Oriental Learning (MOL). He joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1903 and was appointed as an assistant archaeologist surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosa Walsalam Sastri
Moses Anthony Nadar popularly known as Mosa Walsalam Sastriyar (1847 - 20 February 1916) was Indian philosopher, social reformer, poet and Christian theologian. Moses is well known for his composition of Christian hymns through which he motivated backward people against caste discrimination and exploitation. Moses was born into a Nadar Christian family in Thirupuram near Thiruvananthapuram. He was a multifaceted personality, a poet, a lyricist, a musician, an orator, a linguist and a Christian theologian. Moses was well versed in various languages and had authored literary works in Malayalam as well as Sanskrit. He was the first person to use Carnatic music for Christian hymns. He was bestowed the title " Shasthri" (scholar) by the Mar Dionysus Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Church in 1883 after listening to his music and discourse. Biography Mosa Walsalam was born in 1847 at Thirupuram, near Neyyatinkara in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) district of present-day Kerala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veturi Prabhakara Sastri
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. He is also recognized for his scholarship on Telugu poet Srinatha's work. 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. Work As a publisher and writer, he introduced to the Telugu people several antiquated texts, in association with Manavalli Ramakrishna Kavi from prachya likhita pustaka bhandagaram (library of ancient scripts). He discovered the copper scripts of Annamayya's poetry and introduced them to Telugu people. Similarly, he unearthed palm scripts of Ranganatha's Ragadalu. He published Tanjavu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivanath Sastri
Sivanath Shastri or Sibanath Sastri (31 January 1848 – 30 September 1919) was a Bengali social reformer, writer, translator, scholar, editor philoshoper and historian.সুবোধচন্দ্র সেনগুপ্ত ও অঞ্জলি বসু সম্পাদিত, ''সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান'', প্রথম খণ্ড, সাহিত্য সংসদ, কলকাতা, আগস্ট ২০১৬ পৃষ্ঠা ১০১, References thebrahmosamaj.net, retrieved 6 February 2022. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sastri, Sivanath 1847 births 1919 deaths Bengali Hindus 20th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengalis Bengali historians Writers from Kolkata Sivanath Sastri Presidency University, Kolkata alumni Indian writers Indian male writers Indian non-fiction writers Indian social workers Indian translators Indian scholars Indian editors Indian historians Indian educators Educationists from India 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
