Narayanacharya
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K.S. Narayanacharya is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n teacher and writer, popularly known as Ramayanacharya.

Early life and education

K.S. Narayanacharya was born at Kanakanahally (now Kanakapura
Kanakapura
Kanakapura is a town and the headquarters of Kanakapura Taluk in the Ramanagara district in the state of Karnataka, India. Situated near the city of Bengaluru, this town is famous for the production of silk and granite.- Etymology :...

, of Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

 District, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

) on 30 October 1933, to K.N Srinivasa Deshikacharya and Ranganayakamma, from an orthodox family of Vedic scholars. He was educated at Mysore, (Maharaja's College and Yuvaraja's College), earning a B.Sc (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics), B.A. (Honours) English, and M.A. (Modern English Literature). His doctoral thesis (UGC Fellowship 1959-1961) was on "The Influence of Indian thought on the poetry of W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot". Dr KSN is an erudite scholar whose main thrust is towards Nationalism, presented through the eyes of the epics.

Career

He has studied the Krishna Yajurveda under the guidance of masters like Dandavati Siva Dixit Somayaji of Dharwad, where he worked as Professor and Principal of the Karnataka Arts College, Karnatak University
Karnatak University
The Karnatak University established initially at Mumbai in 1949, the location was shifted to Dharwad in October, 1949 and Karnatak University had its official inauguration in March 1950. The campus spans 750 acres . Dr. D. C. Pavate was the vice-chancellor of the university from 1954 to 1967...

, Dharwad for over 32 years and as a teacher of English literature. He is the author of over 70 works in Kannada and English on varied subjects, including the Vedas
Vedas
The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism....

, Ramayana
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...

, Mahabharatha, Bhagavata
Bhagavata
Bhagavata signifies in the context of Hinduism. In this context bhakti has the primary meaning of 'adoration', while Bhagavat means 'the Adorable One', and Bhagavata is a worshiper of the Adorable One...

, the Hymns of Alwars, Vedanta
Vedanta
Vedānta was originally a word used in Hindu philosophy as a synonym for that part of the Veda texts known also as the Upanishads. The name is a morphophonological form of Veda-anta = "Veda-end" = "the appendix to the Vedic hymns." It is also speculated that "Vedānta" means "the purpose or goal...

, Haridasa
Haridasa
The Haridasa devotional movement is considered as one of the turning points in the cultural history of India. Over a span of nearly six centuries, several saints and mystics helped shape the culture, philosophy and art of South India and Karnataka in particular by exerting considerable spiritual...

 literature, D.R. Bendre, and Kautilya. Narayanacharya is a recipient of several State awards, including the Sangeetha Nritya Academy's 'Karnataka Kala Sri', the Sahitya Academy prize, Gamaka Rathnakara from the State Government of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, and titles from religious heads, like Veda Bhushana, Valmiki Hridayajna, Pravachana Kalanidhi and so on. Music, Indology, poetry, discourses, and lecture tours are among the interests of Narayanacharya. He is a debater and a passionate advocate of Hindu values as lasting solutions for the maladies of society. He is a novelist, shaping epics into popular moulds of fiction. He writes serials
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...

 which appear in the Kannada weeklies such as Tharanga and Karmavira. Narayanacharya speaks English, Kannada, Sanskrit and Tamil and has lectured all over India.

Titles and honors

Narayanacharya has received many titles and honours for his services to the Indian literature and spirituality through works, speech and discourses.
  • Rajyotsava Award (2008)
  • Hon D.Litt - Karnataka State Open University, Mysore
  • VidwanMani – Conferred by His Holiness Parakala Mutt Swamiji of Mysore (1987)
  • Valmiki Hridayajna - Conferred by His Holiness Parakala Mutt Swamiji of Mysore (1992)
  • Veda Bhooshana (1987) Katuri Rangacharya Memorial Trust Bangalore
  • Gamaka Rathnakara (1998 Gamaka Kala Parishas Govt of Karnataka)
  • Karnataka Kalashri (1997 Sangeetha Nritya Academy Govt of Karnataka)
  • Upanyasa Kesari (2003) Conferred by his holiness Srimad Andavan Swamiji of Srirangam
  • Ramayanacharya, Mahabharatacharya and Pravachana Kalanidhi – By Various Audiences during series of discourses delivered all over India

Literary works

1. Vedasamskrithiya Parichaya Series: (1973 to 1983 – Written in Kannada)

Vedasamskrithiya Parichaya aims at expounding major Vedic concepts like Rita, Satya, concepts of scientific, and various aspects of Godhead, Functions of God, as one in many, symbolic meanings of Waters, Upanishadic Myths, God as father (Vishnu) and Mother (Lakshmi).

2. Ramayana Sahasri Series (5 Volumes) (1980 – Written in Kannada)


This work aims at bringing out the numerous qualities of Lord Ramachandra, analyzing the many significant and crucial episodes of the epic, in the light of all available commentaries in Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada.

3. Geetartha Ratna Nidhi (1981 – written in Kannada)


Expounds the esoteric and Philosophical significance of the major utterances of Gita in the light of ancient commentaries and glosses on them.

4. Ramayana Patra Prapancha (1985 – Written in Kannada)


This work expounds the literary beauties of the epic, in terms of analyzing of character numbering some 32. This has been serialized earlier in the weekly magazine “Taranga” and has been brought out in the form of a book.

5. Sri Mahabharatha Patra Prapancha

6. Sri Ramayanada Mahaprasangagalu

7. Sri Krishnavatara

8. Sri Krishnavatarada Koneya Galigegalu

9. Acharya Chanakya

10. Agastya

11. Aa Hadinentu Dinagalu

12. Rajasuayda Rajakiya

13. Dashavatara

14. Mahamate Kunthi Kanderedaga

15. Nala and Damayanti

16. Bharatha, Islam mattu Gandhi

17. Mahabharatha Kala Nirnaya

18. Bharathiya Itihasa Puranagalu

19. Sri Ramavatara Sampurnavadaga

20. Sri Ramanuja on Tat Tvam Asi

21. Basic concepts of Visistadvaita

22. Sri Ramanuja's metaphysics vindicated

23. Gopika Gitam

24. Tiruvaymoli of Nammalvar

25. Stotra Rathna of Sri Yamunacharya

26. Sri Vyasa Sukti Sudha

28. Bendre Kavyadalli Adhyatmada Nele Mattu Arsha Drishti

29. Haridasaru Mattu Alwargalu

30. Kanaka Kavya Vaibhava

31. Hindu Society and Dynamics of Spiritual Evolution

32. Insights into the Taittriya Upanishad

33. Semitic Challenges

34. Fundamentalism versus Hinduism

35. Sri Ramanuja, Melukote and Srivaishnavism

36. T.S. Eliot and Hindu Influence on his The Wasteland

37. Relevance of Kautilya for Today

38. Sri Aurobindo - Secularist? or Nationalist?

39. Sri Bhishmasuti

40. Uddhava Gita

41. Sri Krishna mattu Mahabharatha Yuddha

42. Introduction to Prashna Upanishad

43. Introduction to Shriguna Ratna Kosha of Parashara Bhatta

44. Shri Bhagavata Bodhamrita

45. Vishnusahasranama with elaborate commentary

and many more.

Publications Founded

  • Veda Vidya Prakashana (For publications concerning Vedas) 1973
  • Malola Prakashana (For publications concerning Tamil, Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Texts) 1975

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