Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma (1882–1950) was a

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poet from Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh.

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. Janamanchiseetharama sharma DWIVEDI 90009 44333

Honours

He earned several titles like 'Balasaraswathi', 'Abhinava Nannaparya', 'Abhinava Andhra Valmiki', 'Andhra Vyasa', Kalaprapoorna, 'Kavyathirtha', etc. and was a recipient of several honours. He was honoured with Kalaprapoorna from Andhra University in 1937.

Literary works

Translations

Seshadri Sarma translated the following works from Sanskrit into

. 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 Purana The ''Brahmanda Purana'' ( sa, ब्रह्माण्ड पुराण, ) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas, a genre of Hindu texts. It is listed as the eighteenth Maha-Purana in almost all the anthologies. The text ...

m * Brahma Puranam * Valmiki Ramayanam (Translated as Andhra Srimadramayanam), *The tenth canto of

Bhagavata Purana The ''Bhagavata Purana'' ( sa, भागवतपुराण; ), also known as the ''Srimad Bhagavatam'', ''Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana'' or simply ''Bhagavata'', is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (''Mahapuranas''). Composed in Sa ...

(Translated as Tandavakrishna Bhagavatam) *Kaumarika khandam and Arunachala khandam from Skandapuranam

Original works

*Srimadandhra Lalitopakhyanam *Hanumadvijaya *Sarvamangala Parinayam *Dharmasara RamayanamDharmasara Ramayanam at Digital Library of India.
/ref> *Kalivilasam *Satpravartnamu *Sri Ramavatara Tatvamu *Sri Krishnavatara Tatvamu *Tandlata *Vanajakshi There are also a number of unpublished works to his credit like Pandavajnatam, Vichitra paduka pattabhishekam, Shrirama vanavasam.

Notes

*20th Century luminaries, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarma, Janamanchi Seshadri Telugu poets 1882 births 1950 deaths 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets People from Kadapa district Poets from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers Poets in British India