Belluru Mylaraiah Srikantaiah (3 January 1884 – 5 January 1946), was an Indian author, writer and translator of

Kannada literature Kannada literature is the Text corpus, corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian language, Dravidian Language family, family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script. A ...

Prominent Students

* V. Seetharamaiah * K. V. Puttappa

Works

* ''Gadayuddha Natakam'' (ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧ ನಾಟಕಂ) (play) * ''Aswatthaaman'' ( ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನ್ ) (Play) * ''Honganasugalu'' ( ಹೊಂಗನಸುಗಳು ) (Poetry)

Translations

* ''English Geetegalu'' (ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಗೀತೆಗಳು )(English Songs, 1921) *" lead kindly light" *

Kural The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' ( ta, திருக்குறள், lit=sacred verses), or shortly the ''Kural'' ( ta, குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The text ...

(1940, Bangalore) *

Silappatikaram ''Cilappatikāram'' ( ta, சிலப்பதிகாரம் ml, ചിലപ്പതികാരം,IPA: ʧiləppət̪ikɑːrəm, ''lit.'' "the Tale of an Anklet"), also referred to as ''Silappathikaram'' or ''Silappatikaram'', is the e ...

Literary criticism

* ''Kannadigarige olleya saahitya'' (Good literature for Kannada People) * ''Kannada Kaipidi'' (History of Kannada Literature)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Srikantaiah, B. M. 1884 births 1946 deaths Kannada-language writers People from Tumkur district Kannada people Academic staff of the University of Mysore 20th-century Indian poets Writers from Karnataka Tamil–Kannada translators Translators of the Tirukkural into Kannada 20th-century Indian male writers 20th-century translators Tirukkural translators Writers in British India

Prominent Students

Works

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Literary criticism

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