Attoor Krishna Pisharody (1875–1964) was a renowned Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 scholar, teacher and writer of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

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. He was born on September 29, 1875 in Vadakkancheri in Thrissur

Thrissur

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 district to Narayanan Namboothiri and Pappikkutty Pisharasyar. He learned Sanskrit in the traditional way from Kodungalloor Godavarma Bhattan Thampuran. From 1911 to 1929 he taught at Maharajas collge (present day University college

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), Trivandrum and for the next five years worked as the Sanskrit tutor to the Maharaja

Maharaja

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 of Travancore

Travancore

Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

. He was the editor of two magazines Rasika rathnam and Mangalodayam. He was a veena artist and musicologist also.
He died on June 5, 1964.

Major Works

• Sangeetha chandrika
• Bhashayum Sahityavum
• Keralsahitya charitham
• Kerala charitham
• Vidya vivekam
• Bhasha darpanam
• Uthara Ramayanam (Translation)
• Shakunthalam (Translation)
• Leelathilakam(Commentary)

External links

• legendS
• http://www.kerala.gov.in/music/music7.pdf