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{{Short description|Indian writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language (1890–1968)}}
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|birth_name = Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry
| birth_name = Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry
|birth_date = 12,February,1890
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|2|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Ambale, Chamarajanagar|Ambale]], [[Chikkamagaluru district]] (Erstwhile [[Mysore district]]), [[Karnataka]]
| birth_place = [[Amble, Chamarajanagar|Amble]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]]
|death_date = 1 February 1968
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|2|1|1890|2|12|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]], India
|occupation  = [[Writer]], [[Professor]], [[Journalist]]
| occupation  = {{hlist|Writer|professor|journalist}}
|nationality = [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
|genre      = Fiction, Mythology
| genre      = Fiction, Mythology
|movement    = [[Kannada literature#Navodaya (New birth)|Navodaya]]
| movement    = [[Kannada literature#Navodaya (New birth)|Navodaya]]
| website    = [https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/a-r-krishna-sastry A. R. Krishnashastry]
}}
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'''Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry''' (1890–1968) (Kannada: ಅಂಬಳೆ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ  ಕೃಷ್ಣಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ) was a prominent  [[writer]], [[researcher]] and [[Translation|translator]] in the [[Kannada language]]. Krishnashastry has remained popular four decades after his death through his work ''Vachana Bharata'', and his narration of [[Mahabharata]] in the [[Kannada language]].
'''Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry''' (1890–1968) was an Indian writer, [[researcher]] and [[Translation|translator]] in the [[Kannada language]]. Krishnashastry has remained popular four decades after his death through his work ''Vachana Bharata'', and his narration of the [[Hindu]] epic [[Mahabharata]] in the Kannada.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Krishnashastry was born on 12 February 1890, in Ambale, Chikkamagalur district ( Karnataka, India) into a [[Smarta]] Hoysala Karnataka Brahmin family. His parents were Ramakrishna Shastry, Distinguished grammarian and principal of Sanskrit school in [[Mysore]] and Shankaramma a home maker.
Krishnashastry was born on 12 February 1890, in [[Ambale, Chamarajanagar|Ambale]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]] (in present-day [[Karnataka]], India), into a [[Smarta]] Hoysala Karnataka Brahmin family.{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}} His parents were Ramakrishna Shastry, grammarian and principal of Sanskrit school in [[Mysore]] and Shankaramma, a homemaker; she died of disease when he was ten. Due to poverty, he was compelled to study [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] for his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (1914) though he wanted to pursue a career as a [[scientist]]. His career started as a clerk in the ''[[Attara Kacheri]]'' (secretariat) in Mysore. He worked as a [[tutor]] and a [[researcher]] at Oriental Library (later renamed the Oriental Research Institute) at [[Mysore]] before enrolling for his [[Master of Arts]] degree at the [[University of Madras|Madras University]]. He later served as a professor in Kannada and researcher at the [[Mysore University]] until his retirement. Krishnashastry married at the age of sixteen to Venkatalakshamma who was only ten at that time.{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}}
Krishnashastry lost his mother Shankaramma to plague when he was ten. His father, Ramakrishna Shastry raised all the children. Due to poverty, Krishnashastry was compelled to study [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] for his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (1914) though he wanted to pursue a career as a [[scientist]]. His career started as a clerk in the ''Athara Kacheri'' ("Secretariat") in [[Mysore]]. He worked as a [[tutor]] and a [[researcher]] at Oriental Library (later renamed the Oriental Research Institute) at [[Mysore]] before enrolling for his [[Master of Arts]] degree at the [[University of Madras|Madras University]]. Finally he became Professor of [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and served as a professor and researcher at the [[Mysore University]][[S. Srikanta Sastri#M.H.Krishna|(''group photo'')]] until his retirement. Krishnashastry married at the age of sixteen to Venkatalakshamma who was only ten at that time.


Prof A.R. Krishnashastry was called as "Kannada Senani" by famous Kannada writer and folklorist Haa. Maa. Naayak( [[H. M. Nayak]]). He was the first one to start a Karnataka Sangha at Central College, Bengaluru. Later these Sanghas spread throughout Karnataka.
Krishnashastry was called as Kannada Senani by writer and folklorist [[H. M. Nayak]]). He was the first to start a Karnataka association at the [[Central College, Bangalore]]. Later, similar associations spread throughout Karnataka.{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}}


Some of his famous disciples were [[Kuvempu]], [[T. N. Srikantaiah]] (Thi Nam shree), [[M. V. Seetharamiah]] and [[G. P. Rajarathnam]] amongst others.
Some of Krishnashastry's notable disciples include [[Kuvempu]], [[T. N. Srikantaiah]], [[M. V. Seetharamiah]], [[S. Srikanta Sastri]] and [[G. P. Rajarathnam]].{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}}


==Literary works==
==Literary works==
Prof KrishnaShastry was a polyglot. Apart from [[Kannada]] (mother tongue), [[Sanskrit]] and English, he was also proficient in [[Pali]], Bengali (self taught), Hindi, and German. He had a good working knowledge of [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]] and this helped him to work and translate some of the great works from those languages to [[Kannada language|Kannada]]. Krishnashastry brought out many of nuances of great [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] plays of [[Kālidāsa]], [[Bhavabhuti]] and [[Bhasa]] during his translations to Kannada. Krishnashastry's biography of [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay|Bankim Chandra Chattarjee]], a noted [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[novelist]] earned him a Central [[Sahitya Academy|Sahitya Academy award]].<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=10 |date=1 April 1962}}</ref> Krishnashastri wrote numerous other [[short stories]] and novels including ''Vachana bharata'', ''Nirmalabharati'' and ''Kathaamruta''.  ''Vachanabharata'' and ''Nirmalabharati'' are an abridged versions of the Hindu epic [[Mahabharata]]. ''Kathaamruta'' is a collection of stories from [[Kathasaritsagara]], huge anthology of hundreds of fables, parables and other stories in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]. ''Kathaamruta'' has a well written introduction to [[Culture of India|Indian]] and [[Western culture|western]] cultural traditions. In 1918, Krishnashastry started ''Prabuddha Karnataka'', a Kannada language newspaper and worked as its [[editing|editor]].
Prof KrishnaShastry was a polyglot. Apart from his mother tongue Kannada, he could speak fluently in [[Sanskrit]] and English.{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}} He was also proficient in [[Pali]], Bengali (self taught), Hindi, and German. He had a good working knowledge of [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]] and this helped him to work and translate some of the great works from those languages to [[Kannada language|Kannada]]. Krishnashastry brought out many of nuances of great [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] plays of [[Kālidāsa]], [[Bhavabhuti]] and [[Bhasa]] during his translations to Kannada. Krishnashastry's biography of [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay|Bankim Chandra Chattarjee]], a noted [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[novelist]] earned him a Central [[Sahitya Academy|Sahitya Academy award]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=10 |date=1 April 1962}}</ref> Krishnashastri wrote numerous other [[short stories]] and novels including ''Vachana bharata'', ''Nirmalabharati'' and ''Kathaamruta''.  ''Vachanabharata'' and ''Nirmalabharati'' are an abridged versions of the Hindu epic [[Mahabharata]]. ''Kathaamruta'' is a collection of stories from [[Kathasaritsagara]], huge anthology of hundreds of fables, parables and other stories in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]. ''Kathaamruta'' has a well written introduction to [[Culture of India|Indian]] and [[Western culture|western]] cultural traditions. In 1918, Krishnashastry started ''Prabuddha Karnataka'', a Kannada language newspaper and worked as its [[editing|editor]].{{Citation needed|date= March 2022}}


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
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==Writings==
==Writings==
===Novels===
===Novels===
* ''Vachana bharata'' - Rated as the best translation of [[Vyasa]]'s  [[Mahabharata]] to [[Kannada]] and very popular in the state of [[Karnataka]], India.
* ''Vachana bharata''
* ''Nirmalabharati''
* ''Nirmalabharati''


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===Other===
===Other===
* ''Alankara ( kannada handbook on Alankara shastra - 1927, Mysore university)'' - [http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Ala%E1%B9%85k%C4%81ra-%C5%9B%C4%81stra  Alaṅkāra-śāstra]
* ''Alankara ( kannada handbook on Alankara shastra - 1927, Mysore university)''
* ''Bhasa Kavi ( A critique on Sanskrit playwright [[Bhasa]] - Central college Karnataka Sangha - 1922)''
* ''Bhasa Kavi ( A critique on Sanskrit playwright [[Bhasa]] - Central college Karnataka Sangha - 1922)''
* ''Sarvajnana Kavi''
* ''Sarvajnana Kavi''
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/post/a-r-krishnashastry A. R. Krishnashastry - A Biography]
* [https://ark.sirinudi.org Complete works of Prof. A R Krishnasastri]
* [https://ark.sirinudi.org Complete works of Prof. A R Krishnasastri]
*[http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/a_r_krishnasastry.htm Prof. Krishnashastry on Kamat's potpourri]
*[https://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/a_r_krishnasastry.htm Prof. Krishnashastry on Kamat's potpourri]
* A.R.KrishnaShastry, Kathaamrita (1952) (Kannada: ಕಥಾಮೃತ), Geetha Book House, K.R. Circle, Mysore 570 001, India
* A.R.KrishnaShastry, Kathaamrita (1952) (Kannada: ಕಥಾಮೃತ), Geetha Book House, K.R. Circle, Mysore 570 001, India
* A.R. Krishna Shastri - A monograph in Kannada by T.V. Venkatachala Sastry, Sahitya Akademi, Year 2000, {{ISBN|978-81-260-0721-9}}
* A.R. Krishna Shastri - A monograph in Kannada by T.V. Venkatachala Sastry, Sahitya Akademi, Year 2000, {{ISBN|978-81-260-0721-9}}
* [http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Ala%E1%B9%85k%C4%81ra-%C5%9B%C4%81stra Alaṅkāra-śāstra]
* [https://www.hindupedia.com/en/Ala%E1%B9%85k%C4%81ra-%C5%9B%C4%81stra Alaṅkāra-śāstra]


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A. R. Krishnashastry
BornAmbale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry
(1890-02-12)12 February 1890
Amble, Kingdom of Mysore
Died1 February 1968(1968-02-01) (aged 77)
Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Occupation
  • Writer
  • professor
  • journalist
NationalityIndian
GenreFiction, Mythology
Literary movementNavodaya
Website
A. R. Krishnashastry

Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry (1890–1968) was an Indian writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language. Krishnashastry has remained popular four decades after his death through his work Vachana Bharata, and his narration of the Hindu epic Mahabharata in the Kannada.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Krishnashastry was born on 12 February 1890, in Ambale, Kingdom of Mysore (in present-day Karnataka, India), into a Smarta Hoysala Karnataka Brahmin family.[citation needed] His parents were Ramakrishna Shastry, grammarian and principal of Sanskrit school in Mysore and Shankaramma, a homemaker; she died of disease when he was ten. Due to poverty, he was compelled to study Kannada and Sanskrit for his Bachelor of Arts degree (1914) though he wanted to pursue a career as a scientist. His career started as a clerk in the Attara Kacheri (secretariat) in Mysore. He worked as a tutor and a researcher at Oriental Library (later renamed the Oriental Research Institute) at Mysore before enrolling for his Master of Arts degree at the Madras University. He later served as a professor in Kannada and researcher at the Mysore University until his retirement. Krishnashastry married at the age of sixteen to Venkatalakshamma who was only ten at that time.[citation needed]

Krishnashastry was called as Kannada Senani by writer and folklorist H. M. Nayak). He was the first to start a Karnataka association at the Central College, Bangalore. Later, similar associations spread throughout Karnataka.[citation needed]

Some of Krishnashastry's notable disciples include Kuvempu, T. N. Srikantaiah, M. V. Seetharamiah, S. Srikanta Sastri and G. P. Rajarathnam.[citation needed]

Literary works[edit | edit source]

Prof KrishnaShastry was a polyglot. Apart from his mother tongue Kannada, he could speak fluently in Sanskrit and English.[citation needed] He was also proficient in Pali, Bengali (self taught), Hindi, and German. He had a good working knowledge of English and German and this helped him to work and translate some of the great works from those languages to Kannada. Krishnashastry brought out many of nuances of great Sanskrit plays of Kālidāsa, Bhavabhuti and Bhasa during his translations to Kannada. Krishnashastry's biography of Bankim Chandra Chattarjee, a noted Bengali novelist earned him a Central Sahitya Academy award.[1] Krishnashastri wrote numerous other short stories and novels including Vachana bharata, Nirmalabharati and Kathaamruta. Vachanabharata and Nirmalabharati are an abridged versions of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Kathaamruta is a collection of stories from Kathasaritsagara, huge anthology of hundreds of fables, parables and other stories in Sanskrit. Kathaamruta has a well written introduction to Indian and western cultural traditions. In 1918, Krishnashastry started Prabuddha Karnataka, a Kannada language newspaper and worked as its editor.[citation needed]

Awards and honors[edit | edit source]

Writings[edit | edit source]

Novels[edit | edit source]

  • Vachana bharata
  • Nirmalabharati

Biographies[edit | edit source]

Short story collections[edit | edit source]

Plays[edit | edit source]

  • Samskruta Nataka
  • Harischandrakavya Sangraha

Other[edit | edit source]

  • Alankara ( kannada handbook on Alankara shastra - 1927, Mysore university)
  • Bhasa Kavi ( A critique on Sanskrit playwright Bhasa - Central college Karnataka Sangha - 1922)
  • Sarvajnana Kavi
  • Bhashanagalu Mattu Lekhanagalu ( Speeches and Writings )
  • Nagamahashaya (Author: Sarat Chandra Chakravarty) translated from Bengali to Kannada - 1937

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Awards". The Indian Express. 1 April 1962. p. 10.

External links[edit | edit source]

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