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{{short description|Telugu writer (1806-1862)}}
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'''Paravastu Chinnayasuri''' (1806/7–1861/2)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbPVAAAAMAAJ&q=Paravastu|title=Self and Society in Transition: A Study of Modern Autobiographical Practice in Telugu|last=Vakulabharanam|first=Rajagopal|date=2004|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|pages=104|language=en}}</ref> was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] writer who played a prominent role in the elevation of prose to importance in [[Telugu literature]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYoOAAAAYAAJ&q=Paravastu|title=The Southern School in Telugu Literature|last=Vēṅkaṭarāvu|first=Niḍudavōlu|date=1978|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref> He was the first Telugu Pandit at the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College, Madras]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDc3AAAAIAAJ&q=Paravastu|title=Annals of Oriental Research|last=Madras|first=University of|date=1957|publisher=University of Madras.|pages=23|language=en}}</ref> He was born in 1806/7 in [[Perambur]] of [[Chengalpattu]] district and died in 1861/2. Suri was born in a [[Satani (caste)|Satani]] family<ref>{{Cite web|title=చిన్నయ సూరి – గిడుగు రామమూర్తి 2 – ఈమాట|url=https://eemaata.com/em/issues/201901/18526.html|access-date=2020-10-20|language=en-US}}</ref> as the son of Venkata Rangayya, a [[Vaishnavite]] Scholar. He worked as a Telugu teacher at [[Pachaiyappa's College]] in Madras. He also worked as a law scholar for the Supreme Court of East India Company. He was a Pundit in Sanskrit, Telugu, Prakrit and Tamil languages. He was acclaimed as a profound scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit in the traditional education. More than a third of his life span was spent in teaching Telugu in schools and in the Presidency college, Madras.

==Literary works==
Chinnayasuri translated ''Mitra Labham'' and ''Mitra Bhedam'' from the [[Sanskrit]] [[Panchatantra]] as ''Neeti Chandrika'' and published by [[Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons]], Chennai.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paravastu |first1=Chinnayasuri |title=Neeti Chandrika |date=1954 |publisher=Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons |location=Chennai |pages=218 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.328728/page/n1/mode/2up |access-date=13 June 2020 |language=te}}</ref>

He wrote ''Bala Vyakaranamu'' (Grammar for children) which is a textbook for teaching [[Telugu grammar]] in schools.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paravastu |first1=Chinnayasuri |title=Bala Vyakaranamu |date=1959 |publisher=Rayalu and Co. |location=Madras |pages=164 |edition=Third |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.330103/page/n1/mode/2up |access-date=13 June 2020 |language=te}}</ref>

He has translated the work by [[Thomas Lumisden Strange]] on ''Manual of Hindoo Law'' of 1856 and entitled it as ''Hindu Dharmashastra Sangrahamu''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chinnayasuri |first1=Paravastu |title=Hindu Dharmashastra Sangrahamu |date=1869 |publisher=C. V. Krishnasawmi Pillai |location=Madras |pages=136 |edition=Third |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.370896 |access-date=13 June 2020 |language=te}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Paravastu Chinnayasuri}}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070310212743/http://www.teluguworld.org/lit.html
*http://panchatantra.org/index.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20090410030240/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Telugu/Prose/1%20Mithrabedhamu.pdf
*https://archive.org/stream/HistoryCultureOfTheAndhras/TXT/00000324.txt

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