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Occupation(s)
  
Poet

Role
  
Poet

Name
  
Janamanchi Sarma

Died
  
1950

Albums
  
Sai Vadhyanateswara Sthuthi, Sai Geetha Sudha

Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma (Telugu: జనమంచి శేషాద్రి శర్మ) (1882–1950) was a Telugu poet from Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh.

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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.

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.
  • Translations

    Seshadri Sarma translated the following works from Sanskrit into Telugu. 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 Puranam
  • Brahma Puranam
  • Valmiki Ramayanam (Translated as Andhra Srimadramayanam)
  • The tenth canto of Bhagavata Purana (Translated as Tandavakrishna Bhagavatam)
  • Kaumarika khandam and Arunachala khandam from Skandapuranam
  • Original Works

  • Srimadandhra Lalitopakhyanam
  • Hanumadvijaya
  • Sarvamangala Parinayam
  • Dharmasara Ramayanam
  • 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  • There are also a number of unpublished works to his credit like Pandavajnatam, Vichitra paduka pattabhishekam, Shrirama vanavasam.

    Songs

    Hum Gaaye Guru
    Maya Lok Me
    Bhaktha Purandara
    Lingod Bhavakara
    Man Ko Sayyam
    Dikkuleni Vaarikki
    Mahaganapathim
    Sathya Sayeeshwara
    Sankata Harana
    Bhgawan Bhagawan
    Ganga Bhavaadya
    Sai Meenakshi

    References

    Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma Wikipedia