Somayaji ( te, సోమయాజి or kn, ಸೋಮಯಾಜಿ) is a title within the Smarta Brahmin community for those that perform the

Somayaga The Somayajna (ISO: ) or Somayaga (ISO: ) or Soma sacrifice is a Hindu ritual. It is a type of ''yajna'' performed to appease celestial entities to promote the well-being of all humanity. This ritual is based on methods described in the Vedas. S ...

srauta ritual, or descendants of such people. The surname is most commonly seen among Sthānika Brāhmins belong to

Tulu Tulu may refer to: People *Derartu Tulu (born 1972), Ethiopian long-distance runner *Walid Yacoubou (born 1997), Togolese footballer nicknamed "Tulu" India *Tulu calendar, traditional solar calendar generally used in the regions of southwest Kar ...

Smarta Brahmins, Nambudiri Brahmins from Kerala and

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

Vedic Brahmins. * Nilakantha Somayaji was a major Indian mathematician and astronomer of Kerala. * Puthumana Somayaji was a 15th-century mathematician from Kerala, India . * Tikkana or Tikkana Somayaji is the second poet of “Trinity of Poets (

Kavi Trayam Kavitrayam (Telugu: కవిత్రయం) is a Telugu expression for trinity of poets. Kavitrayam popularly refers to the poets who translated the great epic Mahabharata into Telugu. The group/trinity consists of Nannayya, Tikkana and Yerrapr ...

)” that translated

Mahabharatam The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuruks ...

into

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Asuri Kesava Somayaji Asuri or Ashuri or Ashurit may refer to: *Assyrian ** Ashur (god), the national God of Assyria ** Ktav Ashuri or "Assyrian script", the Hebrew alphabet *Sanskrit ''asuri'': ** Feminine of Asura, a group of power-seeking deities ** The feminine div ...

, the father of Ramanuja, a pre-eminent figure in the

Srivaishnava Sri Vaishnavism, or the Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya, is a denomination within the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism. The name refers to goddess Lakshmi (also known as Sri), as well as a prefix that means "sacred, revered", and the god Vishnu, who ...

sect of Hinduism. *

Ganti Jogi Somayaji Ganti Jogi Somayaji () M.A. (7 October 1900 – 12 January 1987) was a linguist and teacher. He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, English and other languages. Brief lifesketch Ganti Jogi Somayaji was born in a Telugu Brahmin family at Ana ...

, famous Telugu linguist and poet.

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