Today is the Jayanthi of Sri Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi (1875–1914), a prolific writer and scholar from Andhra. He authored over 148 works in Sanskrit including Kavyas, Tikaas, Stotras! Only 45 remain with us now.
A forgotten literary personality with phenomenal contribution!🙏
A forgotten literary personality with phenomenal contribution!🙏
Ramaraya Kavi lived only for 39 years. But his literary output was phenomenal!
Born into a Niyogi Brahmin family and initiated into Visishtadvaita, he wrote a number of works in Sanskrit inspired by Adi Shankara's Advaita Vedanta.
His Sanskrit is not easy at all!🙏
Born into a Niyogi Brahmin family and initiated into Visishtadvaita, he wrote a number of works in Sanskrit inspired by Adi Shankara's Advaita Vedanta.
His Sanskrit is not easy at all!🙏
He was a Hayagreeva Upasaka. He composed a number of works in praise of Lord Hayagreeva and the Hayavadana Shatakam. You can download it here.
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archive.org/details/Hayava…
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archive.org/details/Hayava…
He composed several other works of poetry and commentaries in Sanskrit. A few of them have been uploaded here.
The Bhagavata Champu
Kandarpadarpa Vilasopakhyanam
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The Bhagavata Champu
Kandarpadarpa Vilasopakhyanam
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The Vedanta Sangraha was published by the Chinmaya Mission.
He was honoured with the Birudu of "Apara Shankara" for his extraordinary scholarship.
In Pamidipadu in Guntur district, there is a Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi Smaraka Bhavanam. A beautiful life-like Murti of his was installed there.
It is worth a pilgrimage for everyone!🙏
In Pamidipadu in Guntur district, there is a Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi Smaraka Bhavanam. A beautiful life-like Murti of his was installed there.
It is worth a pilgrimage for everyone!🙏
Just imagine what literary life must have been then! Stalwarts like Tirupati-Venkata Kavulu, Subrahmanya Sastry Varu, Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavindruliu, many others!!
Only a century ago!! Unbelievable! At least reprint those books and make them available for everyone! 🙏
Only a century ago!! Unbelievable! At least reprint those books and make them available for everyone! 🙏
Earlier I had wrongly mentioned him to be the author of Bhagawata Champu. He wrote a commentary for Vellala Chidambara Sastry's work.
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Recently in a conference organised by Sri @Atmaprajnananda ji, young scholar Sri Vaidyanathan Mahodaya presented a paper on one of Ramaraya Kavi's works. A link to the same :
Prof Ramasubramanian was introduced to Ramaraya Kavi's work Vedantamuktavali by Omkarananda Swamigal of Theni. He has done a whole lecture series on it. 😀🙏
https://twitter.com/kw841/status/1476372328569196552?t=aWVAoRAcydWbaoFBxVOhlQ&s=19
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