S. Parthasarathy Aiyangar (born 1840) was a Vaishanava scholar and author.

Early life

He was born to Kundalam Srirangapatnam Krishnamacharya and Vedamma in 1840. He was among the first batch of students to graduate from

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in 1859, and was one of the first to graduate from the

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in 1862. S. Parthasarathy was appointed as Secretary to Saraswathi Bhandaram Committee, which was involved in collecting manuscripts of works on

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and publishing them. He was also involved in the

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's Chicago visit. He was one of the founding members of Sri Vedha Vedhantha Vardhini. In his last years he built a Ram temple in Ayodhya and settled there.

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{{reflist 1840 births Vaishnavites University of Madras alumni Year of death missing