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{{Infobox person
| name = K. S. Neelakantan Unni
| image = K.S.Neelakantan_Unni.jpg
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| birth_date = 1895
| birth_place = Olassa, [[Kottayam district|Kottayam District]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date = 1980
| death_place = Kerala
| nationality =
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| known_for =
| occupation = writer, translator, scholar, educator
}}

'''K. S. Neelakantan Unni''' (1895-1980) was a renowned Malayalam writer and Sanskrit scholar - translator from Kerala, India. He was born into a family called Kavil Madam in a village Olassa in [[Kottayam district|Kottayam District]] of [[Kerala]], India. This family is associated to the [[ThekkumKoor]] royal dynasty as their Asan or Guru (who initiates someone into the world of letters by a ritual called ''vidyarambham'')

==Early life and education==
Neelakantan Unni completed preliminary studies in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] and [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] under the supervision of Kannampally Mathu Asan, a local teacher and then joined Travancore Royal Sanskrit College. He earned the degrees Shasthry and Mahopadhyaya from this college.

==Career==
After his education Unni joined different educational institutions and worked as a Malayalam Munshi for 35 years. He retired from M D Seminari High School, [[Kottayam]].

Neelakantan Unni has written a number of books in Malayalam. He published several remarkable collections of legends related to temples, rituals and ancient traditions. He translated [[Kalidasa]]'s Sanskrit texts of ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'' and ''[[Meghadūta]]'' into Malayalam. One of his most famous works is ''Pancha Maha Nikhandu''. Besides these, he has also written 3 ''attakkathas'', the lyrics used for [[Kathakali]].

Another important contribution of Neelakantan Unni is a poetic biography of [[Muhammad|Prophet Mohammed]] in Sanskrit, called ''Vishuddha Nabi Charitham''. Being an eminent Scholar in Sanskrit, "Ayodhya Sanskrit Parishad" honoured him with ''Sahitya Ratna'' and ''Vidyabhushan'' degrees. Neelakantan Unni died in 1980.

On 4 April 2011, D C Books released "Aithihyakathakal" as a compilation of Neelakantan Unni's collection of legends and is considered as the most important collection of its kind after '[[Aithihyamala]]' by [[Kottarathil Sankunni]].

==Important works==
*''Abhijnanasakuntalam'' (1970)
* ''Meghasandesham''
* ''Vishuddha Nabi Charitham''
* ''Pañcamahānighanṭu'' (1976) <ref>[https://openlibrary.org/b/OL4703332M Pañcamahānighanṭu] ''[[Open Library]]''.</ref>

==References==
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*http://www.mdshss.org/mdschool/about_school/former_teachers.htm{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*http://kosal.us/Archives/Kalidasa.html

==External links==
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AUn%CC%A3n%CC%A3i%2C+Ke.+Es.+En.%2C&qt=hot_author K. S. N. Unni] at ''[[Worldcat.org]]''

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