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{{Short description|Indian scholar (1921–2014)}}
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| name = Sirungathur Nadathur Sriramadesikan<ref>[https://dokumen.tips/spiritual/a-srirama-desikan-reader.html Srirama Desikan Reader - Extracts from his literary works]</ref>
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| birth_place = Kancheepuram, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|3|17|1921|6|21}}
| death_place = Chennai, India
| known_for = Sanskrit scholar; translating the [[Kural]] into Sanskrit and English
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'''S. N. Sriramadesikan''' (21 June 1921 – 17 March 2014) was an Indian scholar of [[Sanskrit]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]], lecturer, principal, editor and publisher. Among his many works, he is best known for translating the [[Tirukkural]] into both Sanskrit and English.<ref name=genius>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/genius-of-a-rare-kind/article2226673.ece|title=Genius of a rare kind|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 July 2011|last=Kannan|first=Neduntheru S.|accessdate=28 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227140034/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/genius-of-a-rare-kind/article2226673.ece|archivedate=27 February 2021}}</ref>

== Biography ==
S. N. Sriramadesikan had a long scholarly career in the fields of language, literature and translation in Sanskrit, Tamil and English. He was appointed by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu [[M. G. Ramachandran]] as special officer in the State Government Department of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy for about 13 years, during which time he worked on his comprehensive and well-researched translation of ancient [[Ayurveda]] Sanskrit texts into Tamil. These include translations of 25,000 verses of Ashtanga Sangraham and [[Charaka Samhita|Charaka Susruta Samhitas]] running into six volumes of 6,400 pages, which have been prescribed as college textbooks for students of Ayurveda in the country.<ref name=genius />

When he requested the then President [[Rajendra Prasad]] for support to Sanskrit, a Sanskrit Commission was set up, whose recommendations led to the creation of centrally funded and managed Vidya Peetams for Sanskrit learning and research.<ref name=genius />

During his long career, he served as a research scholar in Sri Venkateswara Oriental Research Institute (1943–1945), as a research officer in Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapith (1972–1975), as an honorary editor in [[Saraswati Mahal Library]] in [[Thanjavur]] (1980), and as an honorary adviser for [[Oriental Manuscripts Library and Research Institute|Oriental Manuscript Library]], Government of Madras, Chennai (1988).<ref name="CompendiumOfTrans">{{cite book|editor=A. A. Manavalan |title=A Compendium of ''Tirukkural'' Translations in English|year=2010|publisher=Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil|isbn=978-81-908000-2-0|page=xxvii–xxviii}}</ref>

Sriramadesikan died on 17 March 2014 at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/obituary/23rd-march2014/article5825212.ece|title=Obituary|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 March 2014|accessdate=30 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712004113/https://www.thehindu.com/obituary/23rd-march2014/article5825212.ece|archivedate=12 July 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
In recognition of his services to Ayurveda, the [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]] conferred on him the title, 'Ayurveda Bharati' and Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam the title of 'Abhinava Sushruta Vishruta'. Further to the initiative of the then Indian President [[V. V. Giri]], Sriramadesikan was awarded the highest honour of President's award for Sanskrit Proficiency in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/candid-views/article2226675.ece|title=Candid views|work=[[The Hindu]]|last=Venkatramanan|first=Geetha|date=14 July 2011|accessdate=28 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527051939/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/candid-views/article2226675.ece|archivedate=27 May 2019}}</ref> In 1993, the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] conferred on him the [[Kalaimamani award]].<ref name=genius />

==Literary works==
Apart from the classic treatises on Ayurveda, Sriramadesikan has composed in Sanskrit 'Desika Mani Satakam' and 'Krishna Katha Sangraham'. He has also rendered the [[Tirukkural]], [[Naaladiyar]], [[Pathuppattu]], [[Ettuthogai]], [[Silappadikaram]], Avvaiyar's Needi works, and [[Tiruppavai]] and the works of [[Subramaniya Bharati]] into Sanskrit. He also made the well-annotated translation of Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] from the Sanskrit original of 6,000 verses.<ref name=genius />

Below is a list of literary works of Sriramadesikan:
* Avvaiyar Niti (Sanskrit translation)
* Susruta Samhita (Tamil translation of Sanskrit Ayurveda text)
* Bharatanatya Sastram—Tracing the History
* [https://archive.org/details/Sanskrit_Works_of_SN_Srirama_Desikan Bharatiar Works]
* [https://archive.org/stream/Sanskrit_Works_of_SN_Srirama_Desikan/Pathuppattu%20in%20Sanskrit%20-%20SN%20Sriramadesikan%201972#page/n31/mode/2up Ettu Thogai] (Sanskrit translation)
* Sanga Noolgalil Vaidika Kalacharam (research work)
* [https://archive.org/stream/Sanskrit_Works_of_SN_Srirama_Desikan/Kamba%20Ramayanam%20-%20Balakandam%20in%20Sanskrit%20-%20SN%20Srirama%20Desikan%201964%20%28LR%29#mode/2up Kambaramayanam] (Balakandam, Sanskrit translation)
* Naaladiyar (Sanskrit translation with Tamil and English expositions)
* [https://archive.org/stream/Sanskrit_Works_of_SN_Srirama_Desikan/Pathuppattu%20in%20Sanskrit%20-%20SN%20Sriramadesikan%201972#mode/2up Pathupattu] (Sanskrit translation)
* [https://archive.org/stream/Sanskrit_Works_of_SN_Srirama_Desikan/Nupur%20Kavyam%20%28Silappadhikaram%20Pukarkandam%29%20-%20Sri%20Rama%20Desikan%201968#mode/2up Silappadikaram] (Pukar Kandam, Sanskrit )
* [https://archive.org/details/thirukkural_sanskrit_ramadesikan Tirukkural] (two volumes of Sanskrit translation with Tamil and English expositions)
* Tiruppavai (Sanskrit translation)
* Vemana Padaya (Sanskrit and Tamil translations)

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Tamils|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[Tirukkural translations into English]]
* [[List of translators into English]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Manavalan, A. A. (2010). ''A Compendium of'' Tirukkural ''Translations in English'' (4 vols.). Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil, {{ISBN|978-81-908000-2-0}}.
* [https://archive.org/stream/Sanskrit_Works_of_SN_Srirama_Desikan/Kamba%20Ramayanam%20-%20Balakandam%20in%20Sanskrit%20-%20SN%20Srirama%20Desikan%201964%20%28LR%29_djvu.txt Sanskrit Works of SN Srirama Desikan]

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