Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma

Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma (Telugu: _te. జనమంచి శేషాద్రి శర్మ) (1882-1950) was a well-known Telugu poet from Cuddapah.

Life

Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma was born in 1882 at Kaluvai in Nellore district. He took up a job in Cuddapah, but later moved to different places like Kashi, Vijayanagaram and Kasimkota near Anakapalli. He was learned in many shastras. He worked as Telugu pandit at many high schools, retiring finally from Municipal High School, Cuddapah.

He earned several titles like Balasaraswathi, Abhinava Nannaparya, Abhinava Andhra Valmiki, Andhra Vyasa, Kalaprapurna, Kavyathirtha etc and was a recipient of several honours. [ [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C Encyclpopaedia of Indian Literature. ISBN:8126012218] ]

Works

Translations

Seshadri Sarma translated the following works from Sanskrit in to Telugu. [ [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in Digital Library of India] ] In his translations he took care that the original idea was faithfully reproduced in Telugu. His style was simple and straight and he avoided lengthy phrases and long-winding sentences.

*Halasya mahatmyam
*Brahmanda Puranam
*Brahma Puranam
*Valmiki Ramayanam (Translated as Andhra Srimadramayanam)
*The tenth canto of Srimad Bhagavatam (Translated as Tandavakrishna Bhagavatam)
*Kaumarika khandam and Arunachala khandam from Skandapuranam

Original Works

*Srimadandhra Lalithopakhyanam
*Hanumadvijaya
*Sarvamangala Parinayam
*Dharmasara Ramayanam
*Kalivilasam
*Satpravartnamu
*Sree Ramavatara Tatvamu
*Sri Krishnavatara Tatvamu
*Thandlata
*Vanajakshi

There are also a number of unpublished works to his credit like Pandavajnatam, Vichitra paduka pattabhishekam, Srirama vanavasam.

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