Korada Ramachandra Sastri Explained

Birth Name:	Korada Ramachandra Sastri
Birth Date:	12 October 1815
Birth Place:	Kesanakurru, A. P., India
Death Date:	11 August 1900
Death Place:	Machilipatnam, India
Occupation:	Telugu Pandit at Nobel College, Machilipatnam
Notable Works:	Manjari Madhukariamu, Nayapradipamu (Vigrahamu) Ghanavrttam, Upamavali, Kumarodayaha
Relatives:	Korada Ramakrishnaiya, Korada Mahadeva Sastri, Korada Subrahmanyam
Spouse:	Seetamma

Korada Ramachandra Sastri (12 October 1815 – 11 August 1900) was an Indian poet and playwright in Sanskrit and Telugu.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} He was the first known original Telugu playwright.^[6] His Manjarimadhukariam is the first Telugu drama with an original concept.^{[7] [8] [9]} His Sanskrit lyric poem Ghanavrttam^[10] is a sequel to Kalidasa's Meghaduta. Ramachandra Sastri authored more than thirty works in Sanskrit and Telugu^[11] but only a few books are extant. His books give us an appreciation of the advanced poetic and linguistic aspects of his literary works.

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1. Book: Natarajan . Nalini . Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India . Nelson . Emmanuel Sampath . 1996 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-28778-7 . en . live . 2021-10-03 . 2021-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211003074622/https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA314&dq=Korada+Ramachandra+Sastri&hl=en .
2. Book: B, Ramaraju . Contribution of Andhra to Samskrit Literature . B. Ramaraju . 2002 . 433–442.
3. Book: P, Sriramamurti . Contribution of Andhra to Sanskrit Literature . Andhra University . 1972 . 163.
4. Book: History of Telugu Literature. Sahitya Academy. 1968. New Delhi. 262. English.
5. Book: Korada Vamsa Prashasti. 1951.
6. Book: Encyclopaedia of Indian Theatre: South Indian Theatre, Biswajit Sinha · 2000 . 9788186208540 . live . 2021-09-16 . 2021-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211003074622/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Theatre_South_In/kloqAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Korada+Ramachandra+Sastri&dq=Korada+Ramachandra+Sastri&printsec=frontcover . Sinha . Biswajit . 2000 . Raj Publications .
7. Book: Dutta, Amaresh. Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. Sahitya Academi. 1988. 81-260-1194-7. Delhi. 1114. 2021-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927103117/https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1114. 2021-09-27. live.
8. Book: Manjarimadhukariam : First original Telugu drama. 1908. 1908. Telugu.
9. Book: Ponangi, Srirama Apparao. Telugu Nataka Vikasam. Natyamala Publications. 1967. Secunderabad. 218. Telugu.
10. Book: Sri Korada Ramachandra Sastri. GHANAVRTTAM Devanagari Script. 1850.
11. Web site: Ramachandra Sastri. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210910050726/https://korada.co/ramachandra-sastri. 2021-09-10. 2021-09-16. en-IN.