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'''Venkataraman Raghavan''' (1908–1979) was a Sanskrit scholar and musicologist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the [[Padma Bhushan]] and the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit]], and authored over 120 books and 1200 articles.<ref name=cent/><br />
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==Education and academic career==<br />
Raghavan was born on 22 August 1908, in Tiruvarur, [[Thanjavur|Tanjore]] District of south India (Tamil Nadu). He graduated from Presidency College, Madras in 1930 with 3 College Prizes and 5 University Medals. He received his M.A. in Sanskrit Language and Literature with Comparative Philology and four schools of Indian Philosophy under Mahamahopadhyaya Prof. S. Kuppuswamy Sastri; specialized in [[Alankara|Alamkara]] and [[Natya Shastra|Natya Sastras]] and Sanskrit Aesthetics and earned his Doctorate in 1934-1935 from Profs. S. Levi, F.W. Thomas and A.B. Keith; studied Sanskrit on the traditional lines also and won medals and prizes for Sanskrit speaking and writing. After a brief Superintendship of the [[Saraswathi Mahal Library|Sarasvati Maha]]<nowiki/>l Manuscript Library, joined the research department of his Alma Mater, [[University of Madras|Madras University]] where from the position of a Research Scholar, he rose to that of Professor and was Head of the Department of Sanskrit till 1968.<br />
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==Sanskrit==<br />
He authored several books on music and on aesthetics in Sanskrit .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082452560600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021050957/http://hindu.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082452560600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2007|title=Assortment of commentaries on classical music released|date=24 August 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=23 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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In 1963, he edited and translated [[Bhoja]]'s ''Śṛṅgāra-prakāśa'', a treatise in 36 chapters dealing with both poetics and dramaturgy, and the largest known work in Sanskrit poetics.<ref name=gbcomp/> For this work and his commentary, he won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit]] in 1966. He was awarded the prestigious [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web| title = Official list of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows (1969-present)|work = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund]] | url = http://www.jnmf.in/flist.html }}</ref> It was later published as volume 53 of the [[Harvard Oriental Series]] in 1998.<br />
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He translated into Sanskrit [[Rabindranath Tagore]] first drama, ''[[Valmiki Pratibha]]'', which deals with the transformation of [[Valmiki]] from a bandit into a poet.<ref name=nint/><br />
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He discovered and edited an ancient Sanskrit play, ''Udatta Raghavam'' by Mayuraja.<ref name=cent/><br />
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He founded an organisation, ''Samskrita Ranga'' in 1958, that deals with Sanskrit theatre and has enacted Sanskrit plays.<ref name=nint/><br />
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He was known both for his command of primary texts and for making them accessible through his articles and commentaries.<ref name=cent/><br />
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He worked on ''The New Catalogus Catalogorum(NCC)'', the major project of his official career; toured Europe in 1953-54 and besides attending International Conferences, prepared an inventory of 20,000 uncatalogued manuscripts there and a survey of Sanskrit and Indological studies in Europe; toured U.S.S.R. in 1958 and 1974; visited for lectures, conferences, study and examination of manuscripts collections, the Countries of East and South East Asia, Australia, Mauritius, Canada and Mexico and visited Nepal twice for manuscripts Study.<br />
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==Music==<br />
As a musicologist, he specialized in [[Carnatic music]]. He was the secretary of the Music Academy, Madras from 1944 until his death. A "Dr. V. Raghavan Research Centre" has since been named after him. He has also composed the song "Candrashekharam Ashraye" on Jagadguru Shri [[Chandrasekharendra Saraswati]] Swamy which was later rendered by the famous Carnatic musician Smt.[[M. S. Subbulakshmi]].<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
On his birth centenary, celebrations were held in August 2008.<ref name=cent/> A book ''Smriti Kusumanjali'' was released, compiling tributes to him on his 60th birthday from personalities including then-president [[Dr. S. Radhakrishnan]] and vice-president [[V. V. Giri]].<ref name=cent/><br />
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{{cquote|No work on Indian aesthetics is complete without its quoting Dr. Raghavan|author=[[Kapila Vatsyayan]]<ref name=cent/>}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Portal|India|Music}}<br />
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<ref name=nint>[http://www.narthaki.com/info/intervw/intrv109s.html Interview with Nandita Ramani]</ref><br />
<!-- <ref name=sacd>'''Dr.V.Ragahavan:A tribute''': Article from '''''Sahitya Academy Publication''''' - ''Indian Literature<br />
Vol. 22, No. 5 (September–October 1979)''</ref> --><br />
<ref name=cent>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/24/stories/2008082454700500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827062316/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/24/stories/2008082454700500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2008|title=Kapila Vatsyayan wants scholars to emulate Dr. Raghavan|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 August 2008}}</ref><br />
<ref name=gbcomp>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkOAEdIsdUsC&pg=PA331|title=A Companion to Sanskrit Literature: Spanning a Period of over Three Thousand Years, Containing Brief Accounts of Authors, Works, Characters, Technical Terms, Geographical Names, Myths, Legends and Several Appendices|isbn=9788120800632|last1=Banerji|first1=Sures Chandra|year=1989}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.sruti.com/2009/sruti_magazine_nov_2009.php#special Article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123072719/http://sruti.com/2009/sruti_magazine_nov_2009.php#special |date=23 November 2009 }} in Sruti magazine.<br />
* [http://www.musicacademymadras.in/research_centre.php The Music Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803102340/http://www.musicacademymadras.in/research_centre.php |date=3 August 2009 }}<br />
* [http://www.columbuscarnaticmusic.org/pdf/Remembering_V_Raghavan.pdf "A Colossus Remembered"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185812/http://www.columbuscarnaticmusic.org/pdf/Remembering_V_Raghavan.pdf |date=25 July 2011 }}<br />
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