{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1465","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1463","results":[{"id":14972,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Jinaratna","bio":"\nJinaratna (Jina·ratna; Hindi: जिनरत्न) was a Jain scholar monk who composed Līlāvatīsāra. He completed his poem in the year 1285 CE in Jabaliputra, western India, (modern Jalore in Rajasthan). It is an epitome of a much larger work called Nivvāṇalīlāvaīkahā composed in Jain Maharashtri, a Prakrit language, in 1036 by Jineshvara, also a Jain monk.\nWhat little is known about Jinaratna, he states himself in the colophon he placed at the end of his poem, in which he gives the lineage of the succession of monastic teachers and pupils from Vardhamana, the teacher of Jineshvara who was the author of Nivvāṇalīlāvaīkahā, to another Jineshvara who was Jinaratna's own teacher.","raw_bio":"Jinaratna (Jina·ratna; Hindi: जिनरत्न) was a Jain scholar monk who composed Līlāvatīsāra. He completed his poem in the year 1285 CE in Jabaliputra, western India, (modern Jalore in Rajasthan). It is an epitome of a much larger work called Nivvāṇalīlāvaīkahā composed in Jain Maharashtri, a Prakrit language, in 1036 by Jineshvara, also a Jain monk. What little is known about Jinaratna, he states himself in the colophon he placed at the end of his poem, in which he gives the lineage of the succession of monastic teachers and pupils from Vardhamana, the teacher of Jineshvara who was the author of Nivvāṇalīlāvaīkahā, to another Jineshvara who was Jinaratna's own teacher.","slug":"jinaratna","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/jinaratna","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.177710","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14973,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Jaimini","bio":"\nSage Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the Mīmāṃsā school of Hindu philosophy. He is considered to be a disciple of Rishi/Sage Veda Vyasa, the son of Parāśara Rishi. Traditionally attributed to be the author of the Mimamsa Sutras  and Jaimini Sutras, he is estimated to have lived around 4th to 2nd century BCE. Some scholars place him between 250 BCE and 50 CE. His school is considered non-theistic, but one that emphasized rituals parts of the Vedas as essential to Dharma.\nJaimini's guru was Badarayana, the latter founded the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, emphasizing the knowledge parts of the Vedas, and credited with authoring Brahma Sutras. Both Badarayana and Jaimini quoted each other as they analyzed each other's theories, Badarayana emphasizing knowledge while Jaimini emphasizes rituals, sometimes agreeing with each other, sometimes disagreeing, often anti-thesis of the other.","raw_bio":"Sage Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the Mīmāṃsā school of Hindu philosophy. He is considered to be a disciple of Rishi/Sage Veda Vyasa, the son of Parāśara Rishi. Traditionally attributed to be the author of the Mimamsa Sutras  and Jaimini Sutras, he is estimated to have lived around 4th to 2nd century BCE. Some scholars place him between 250 BCE and 50 CE. His school is considered non-theistic, but one that emphasized rituals parts of the Vedas as essential to Dharma. Jaimini's guru was Badarayana, the latter founded the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, emphasizing the knowledge parts of the Vedas, and credited with authoring Brahma Sutras. Both Badarayana and Jaimini quoted each other as they analyzed each other's theories, Badarayana emphasizing knowledge while Jaimini emphasizes rituals, sometimes agreeing with each other, sometimes disagreeing, often anti-thesis of the other.","slug":"jaimini","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/jaimini","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.216422","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14974,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Jayathirtha","bio":"\nSri Jayatirtha (Śrī Jaya-tīrtha), also known as Teekacharya (Ṭīkācārya) (c.1345 - c.1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the most important seers in the history of Dvaita school of thought on account of his sound elucidations of the works of Madhvacharya. He is credited with structuring the philosophical aspects of Dvaita and through his polemical works, elevating it to an equal footing with the contemporary schools of thought.  Along with Madhva and Vyasatirtha, he is venerated as one of the three great spiritual sages, or munitraya of Dvaita. Jayatirtha is considered an incarnation of Indra (lord of gods) with amsha of Adi Sesha in the Madhva Parampara.\nBorn into an aristocratic Deshastha Brahmin family, he later adopted the cause of Dvaita after an encounter with the Madhva saint,  Akshobhya Tirtha (d. 1365 ). He composed 22 works, consisting of commentaries on the works of Madhva and several independent treatises criticizing the tenets of contemporary schools, especially Advaita, while simultaneously elaborating upon the Dvaita thought. His dialectical skill and logical acumen earned him the distinction of Ṭīkacārya or commentator par excellence.  ","raw_bio":"Sri Jayatirtha (Śrī Jaya-tīrtha), also known as Teekacharya (Ṭīkācārya) (c.1345 - c.1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha from (1365 – 1388). He is considered to be one of the most important seers in the history of Dvaita school of thought on account of his sound elucidations of the works of Madhvacharya. He is credited with structuring the philosophical aspects of Dvaita and through his polemical works, elevating it to an equal footing with the contemporary schools of thought.  Along with Madhva and Vyasatirtha, he is venerated as one of the three great spiritual sages, or munitraya of Dvaita. Jayatirtha is considered an incarnation of Indra (lord of gods) with amsha of Adi Sesha in the Madhva Parampara. Born into an aristocratic Deshastha Brahmin family, he later adopted the cause of Dvaita after an encounter with the Madhva saint,  Akshobhya Tirtha (d. 1365 ). He composed 22 works, consisting of commentaries on the works of Madhva and several independent treatises criticizing the tenets of contemporary schools, especially Advaita, while simultaneously elaborating upon the Dvaita thought. His dialectical skill and logical acumen earned him the distinction of Ṭīkacārya or commentator par excellence.  ","slug":"jayathirtha","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Mangalwedha near Pandarpur (present-day in Solapur district, Maharashtra, India)[1]","url":"/sootradhar/jayathirtha","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.234535","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14976,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kilimanoor Raja Raja Varma Koithampuran","bio":"Kilimanoor Raja Raja Varma Koithampuran alias Kareendran or Cherunni (1812–1845) was an accomplished Sanskrit poet, composer in the Court of Swathi Thirunal Rama varma, King of Travancore. He was born in the Kilimanoor palace. He was an expert in Drutha Kavitha and hence was known as Drutha Kavimani. He is known as Kareendran since he was tall and well built. His ability in writing and presenting poems within seconds earned for him the title Vidwan from His Highness Swathi Thirunal.\n\nThis article related to  Kerala is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Kilimanoor Raja Raja Varma Koithampuran alias Kareendran or Cherunni (1812–1845) was an accomplished Sanskrit poet, composer in the Court of Swathi Thirunal Rama varma, King of Travancore. He was born in the Kilimanoor palace. He was an expert in Drutha Kavitha and hence was known as Drutha Kavimani. He is known as Kareendran since he was tall and well built. His ability in writing and presenting poems within seconds earned for him the title Vidwan from His Highness Swathi Thirunal.  This article related to  Kerala is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.","slug":"kilimanoor-raja-raja-varma-koithampuran","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/kilimanoor-raja-raja-varma-koithampuran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.298594","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14977,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kshemendra","bio":"Kshemendra (IAST: Kṣemendra; c. 990 – c. 1070 CE) was an 11th-century Sanskrit polymath-poet, satirist, philosopher, historian, dramatist, translator and art-critic from Kashmir in India.\nKshemendra was born into an old, cultured, and affluent family. His father was Prakashendra, a descendant of Narendra who was the minister to Jayapida. Both his education and literary output were broad and varied. He studied literature under \"the foremost teacher of his time, the celebrated Shaiva philosopher and literary exponent Abhinavagupta\". Kshemendra was born a Shaiva, but later became a Vaishnava. He studied and wrote about both Vaishnavism and Buddhism. His son, Somendra, provides details about his father in his introduction to the Avadana Kalpalata and other works. Kshemendra refers to himself in his works as Vyasadasa (IAST: Vyāsadāsa; Slave of Vyasa), a title which was perhaps won or adopted after the completion of his Bhāratamañjari.\nKshemendra was in great demand as a skilled abridger of long texts. His literary career extended from at least 1037 (his earliest dated work, Brihatkathāmanjari, a verse summary of the lost \"Northwestern\" Bṛhatkathā; itself a recension of Gunadhya's lost Bṛhatkathā — \"Great Story\") to 1066 (his latest dated work, Daśavataracharita, \"an account of the ten incarnations of the god Viṣnu\").","raw_bio":"Kshemendra (IAST: Kṣemendra; c. 990 – c. 1070 CE) was an 11th-century Sanskrit polymath-poet, satirist, philosopher, historian, dramatist, translator and art-critic from Kashmir in India. Kshemendra was born into an old, cultured, and affluent family. His father was Prakashendra, a descendant of Narendra who was the minister to Jayapida. Both his education and literary output were broad and varied. He studied literature under \"the foremost teacher of his time, the celebrated Shaiva philosopher and literary exponent Abhinavagupta\". Kshemendra was born a Shaiva, but later became a Vaishnava. He studied and wrote about both Vaishnavism and Buddhism. His son, Somendra, provides details about his father in his introduction to the Avadana Kalpalata and other works. Kshemendra refers to himself in his works as Vyasadasa (IAST: Vyāsadāsa; Slave of Vyasa), a title which was perhaps won or adopted after the completion of his Bhāratamañjari. Kshemendra was in great demand as a skilled abridger of long texts. His literary career extended from at least 1037 (his earliest dated work, Brihatkathāmanjari, a verse summary of the lost \"Northwestern\" Bṛhatkathā; itself a recension of Gunadhya's lost Bṛhatkathā — \"Great Story\") to 1066 (his latest dated work, Daśavataracharita, \"an account of the ten incarnations of the god Viṣnu\").","slug":"kshemendra","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/kshemendra","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.310784","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14978,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kuntaka","bio":"Kuntaka (Sanskrit: कुन्तक) was a Sanskrit poetician and literary theorist of who is remembered for his work Vakroktijīvitam in which he postulates the Vakrokti Siddhānta or theory of Oblique Expression, which he considers as the hallmark of all creative literature. He lived roughly 950–1050, between Anandavardhana in the ninth century and Abhinavagupta in the tenth century and was a rough contemporary of Dhananjaya and Rajasekhara.\nVakrokti, emanating from the creative faculty of the poet endows poetic language with strikingness and causes aesthetic delight to the reader. Etymologically, the word Vakrokti consists of two components - 'vakra' and 'ukti'. The first component means 'crooked, indirect or unique' and the second means 'poetic expression or speech'.\nIt is manifested at six levels in language, viz. the phonetic level, , the lexical level , the grammatical level , the sentential level , the contextual level  and finally  the compositional level . Kuntaka anticipates much of the modern stylistic approach to literature and his stylistics encompasses imaginative language at the micro and macro levels. The conscious choices made by the poet in the language is a fertile field of investigation in his approach. It is the considered  view of Kuntaka that poetic language always deviates from  hackeneyed  expressions  by its imaginative turns. Kuntaka avers that the stamp of originality of a great author will be present  even in the title of  the work of art.","raw_bio":"Kuntaka (Sanskrit: कुन्तक) was a Sanskrit poetician and literary theorist of who is remembered for his work Vakroktijīvitam in which he postulates the Vakrokti Siddhānta or theory of Oblique Expression, which he considers as the hallmark of all creative literature. He lived roughly 950–1050, between Anandavardhana in the ninth century and Abhinavagupta in the tenth century and was a rough contemporary of Dhananjaya and Rajasekhara. Vakrokti, emanating from the creative faculty of the poet endows poetic language with strikingness and causes aesthetic delight to the reader. Etymologically, the word Vakrokti consists of two components - 'vakra' and 'ukti'. The first component means 'crooked, indirect or unique' and the second means 'poetic expression or speech'. It is manifested at six levels in language, viz. the phonetic level, , the lexical level , the grammatical level , the sentential level , the contextual level  and finally  the compositional level . Kuntaka anticipates much of the modern stylistic approach to literature and his stylistics encompasses imaginative language at the micro and macro levels. The conscious choices made by the poet in the language is a fertile field of investigation in his approach. It is the considered  view of Kuntaka that poetic language always deviates from  hackeneyed  expressions  by its imaginative turns. Kuntaka avers that the stamp of originality of a great author will be present  even in the title of  the work of art.","slug":"kuntaka","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/kuntaka","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.322565","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14979,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kavikalanidhi Devarshi Shrikrishna Bhatt","bio":"Kavikalanidhi Devarshi Shrikrishna Bhatt (1675–1761), a contemporary of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, was an 18th-century Sanskrit poet, historian, scholar, and grammarian. He was an immensely accomplished and venerated poet of Sanskrit and Brajbhasha at the courts of the Kings of Bundi and Jaipur. He belonged to a reputed Sanskrit family of Vellanadu Brahmins from Andhra Pradesh in South India who migrated to North India in the 15th century on invitation from various erstwhile princely States. His father's name was Laxman Bhatt.\nSawai Jai Singh II (1688–1743) was a connoisseur of art and literature, besides being a great warrior. During his rule, he invited many prominent and reputed scholars, artists, tantriks, painters, architects and town planners from different parts of the country. Devarshi Shrikrishna Bhatt was one such Sanskrit scholar and poet. He was a witness to the Ashwamedha yajña (1716) and Vajapeya yajña (1734) performed by Sawai Jai Singh II and to the founding and construction of Jaipur city. His famous epic Ishvar Vilas Mahakavya provides an excellent description of the reigns of Kings Sawai Jai Singh II (1688–1743) and his son Maharaja Ishvari Singh (1743–1750).\nA Sanskrit work by the name ‘Kulaprabandha’ written by Harihar Bhatt has documented the sequence of first migration of the  scholars belonging to ‘Bhatt - Tailang’ lineage to North India. Many of the Brahmin scholars in the 15th century accompanied the religious gurus like Shri Shankaracharya and Shri Vallabhacharya during their religious India tours or pilgrimages to North India. When these people came in contact with the erstwhile princely courts, the kings came to know of their high scholarship. They were honourably offered state positions of ‘court poets’ or gurus. Many of them stayed back and migrated to the northern states of India. Some scholars were also picked up and offered respectable positions when they went to study at places like Kashi. In due course of time, they adopted Hindi or other North Indian languages as their mother-tongue.","raw_bio":"Kavikalanidhi Devarshi Shrikrishna Bhatt (1675–1761), a contemporary of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, was an 18th-century Sanskrit poet, historian, scholar, and grammarian. He was an immensely accomplished and venerated poet of Sanskrit and Brajbhasha at the courts of the Kings of Bundi and Jaipur. He belonged to a reputed Sanskrit family of Vellanadu Brahmins from Andhra Pradesh in South India who migrated to North India in the 15th century on invitation from various erstwhile princely States. His father's name was Laxman Bhatt. Sawai Jai Singh II (1688–1743) was a connoisseur of art and literature, besides being a great warrior. During his rule, he invited many prominent and reputed scholars, artists, tantriks, painters, architects and town planners from different parts of the country. Devarshi Shrikrishna Bhatt was one such Sanskrit scholar and poet. He was a witness to the Ashwamedha yajña (1716) and Vajapeya yajña (1734) performed by Sawai Jai Singh II and to the founding and construction of Jaipur city. His famous epic Ishvar Vilas Mahakavya provides an excellent description of the reigns of Kings Sawai Jai Singh II (1688–1743) and his son Maharaja Ishvari Singh (1743–1750). A Sanskrit work by the name ‘Kulaprabandha’ written by Harihar Bhatt has documented the sequence of first migration of the  scholars belonging to ‘Bhatt - Tailang’ lineage to North India. Many of the Brahmin scholars in the 15th century accompanied the religious gurus like Shri Shankaracharya and Shri Vallabhacharya during their religious India tours or pilgrimages to North India. When these people came in contact with the erstwhile princely courts, the kings came to know of their high scholarship. They were honourably offered state positions of ‘court poets’ or gurus. Many of them stayed back and migrated to the northern states of India. Some scholars were also picked up and offered respectable positions when they went to study at places like Kashi. In due course of time, they adopted Hindi or other North Indian languages as their mother-tongue.","slug":"kavikalanidhi-devarshi-shrikrishna-bhatt","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/kavikalanidhi-devarshi-shrikrishna-bhatt","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.334512","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14980,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Madhwacharya","bio":"\nReality is twofold: independent and dependent things. The Lord Vishnu is the only independent thing.\nMadhvacharya (IAST: Madhvācārya; Sanskrit pronunciation: ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna (IAST: Pūrṇa-Prajña) and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning \"arguments from a realist viewpoint\".","raw_bio":"Reality is twofold: independent and dependent things. The Lord Vishnu is the only independent thing. Madhvacharya (IAST: Madhvācārya; Sanskrit pronunciation: ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna (IAST: Pūrṇa-Prajña) and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy Tattvavāda meaning \"arguments from a realist viewpoint\".","slug":"madhwacharya","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Pājaka, near Udupi[2]Karnataka[1]","url":"/sootradhar/madhwacharya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.350537","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14981,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Madhuravani","bio":"Madhuravani was a scholar and poet who lived in Thanjavur during the reign of the Thanjavur Nayak king Raghunatha Nayak (r. 1600-34). She is widely renowned for her Sanskrit translation of Raghunatha's Ramayana kavya. She also wrote many other Sanskrit works such as Kumarasambhavam and Naishadham. Tharu and Lalita says that she \"could compose poetry in three languages and was an expert in ashtavadhanam (the capacity to attend to eight different intellectual activities at the same time).\"\nTharu and Lalita (Eds.) Women Writing in India.  New York:  The Feminist Press, 1991.","raw_bio":"Madhuravani was a scholar and poet who lived in Thanjavur during the reign of the Thanjavur Nayak king Raghunatha Nayak (r. 1600-34). She is widely renowned for her Sanskrit translation of Raghunatha's Ramayana kavya. She also wrote many other Sanskrit works such as Kumarasambhavam and Naishadham. Tharu and Lalita says that she \"could compose poetry in three languages and was an expert in ashtavadhanam (the capacity to attend to eight different intellectual activities at the same time).\" Tharu and Lalita (Eds.) Women Writing in India.  New York:  The Feminist Press, 1991.","slug":"madhuravani","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/madhuravani","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.358739","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14982,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Magha","bio":"\nMagha (c. 7th century) (Sanskrit: माघ, Māgha) was a Sanskrit poet at King Varmalata's court at Shrimala, the then-capital of Gujarat (presently in Rajasthan state). Magha was born in a Shrimali Brahmin family. He was the son of Dattaka Sarvacharya and the grandson of Suprabhadeva. His epic poem (mahākāvya) Shishupala Vadha, in 20 sargas (cantos), is based on the Mahabharata episode in which Krishna uses his chakra (disc) to behead the defiant king Shishupala.  He is thought to have been inspired by, and is often compared with, Bharavi.\nMāgha's fame rests entirely on the Shishupala Vadha. Vallabhadeva and Kshemendra quote some verses that are not found in the Shishupala Vadha as that of Māgha, so it is believed that Māgha wrote some other works that are now lost.","raw_bio":"Magha (c. 7th century) (Sanskrit: माघ, Māgha) was a Sanskrit poet at King Varmalata's court at Shrimala, the then-capital of Gujarat (presently in Rajasthan state). Magha was born in a Shrimali Brahmin family. He was the son of Dattaka Sarvacharya and the grandson of Suprabhadeva. His epic poem (mahākāvya) Shishupala Vadha, in 20 sargas (cantos), is based on the Mahabharata episode in which Krishna uses his chakra (disc) to behead the defiant king Shishupala.  He is thought to have been inspired by, and is often compared with, Bharavi. Māgha's fame rests entirely on the Shishupala Vadha. Vallabhadeva and Kshemendra quote some verses that are not found in the Shishupala Vadha as that of Māgha, so it is believed that Māgha wrote some other works that are now lost.","slug":"magha","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Shrimal (present-day Bhinmal)","url":"/sootradhar/magha","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.371017","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14983,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Mallinātha Sūri","bio":"\nMallinātha Sūri was an eminent critic, known for his commentaries on five mahakavyas (great compositions) of Sanskrit. During his times, he is said to have received the titles of Mahamahopadhyaya and Vyakhyana Chakravarti. He lived during the reigns of Rachakonda king Singabhupala and Vijayanagara king Deva Raya I. Based on the evidence from the inscriptions, it is estimated that he lived between 1350-1450 CE.\nMallinātha's surname was Kolachala, Kolachela, Kolichala or Kolichelama. The village Kolichelama (currently known as Kolchāram) is near Medak, a  village and mandal in the Medak District of Telangana. When Kākatīya rule ended, the scholars of Kolachelama family migrated to Rāchakonḍa, the capital of Singabhūpāla. From the colophons of Sanjīvani, it is known that Singabhūpāla honoured Mallinātha with the title of Mahāmahopādhyāya, and Mallinātha's son with the title of Mahopādhyāya.","raw_bio":"Mallinātha Sūri was an eminent critic, known for his commentaries on five mahakavyas (great compositions) of Sanskrit. During his times, he is said to have received the titles of Mahamahopadhyaya and Vyakhyana Chakravarti. He lived during the reigns of Rachakonda king Singabhupala and Vijayanagara king Deva Raya I. Based on the evidence from the inscriptions, it is estimated that he lived between 1350-1450 CE. Mallinātha's surname was Kolachala, Kolachela, Kolichala or Kolichelama. The village Kolichelama (currently known as Kolchāram) is near Medak, a  village and mandal in the Medak District of Telangana. When Kākatīya rule ended, the scholars of Kolachelama family migrated to Rāchakonḍa, the capital of Singabhūpāla. From the colophons of Sanjīvani, it is known that Singabhūpāla honoured Mallinātha with the title of Mahāmahopādhyāya, and Mallinātha's son with the title of Mahopādhyāya.","slug":"mallinatha-suri","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/mallinatha-suri","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.393919","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23},{"id":14984,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Mithila Prasad Tripathi","bio":"Mithila Prasad Tripathi is a Sanskrit poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for 2010 for his poetry.\nThe Sahitya Akademi is India's national academy of letters that awards the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, and the Sahitya Akademi Award for each language is considered the second-highest literary award in India and the highest award for that language. He also won Rashtrapati Award in 2017, for his work in Sanskrit Language.\nHe was the director of Kalidasa Akademi in Ujjain from 2007 to 2010.\nHe is also the chairman of Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Pratishthan, Bhopal, and was on the advisory board of the World Samskrit Book Fair held in January 2010.\nAdditionally, he has served on the Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Board and on the Board of Management of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. On Independence Day 2013, he was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the president of India, for contribution to Sanskrit.\nProf. Tripathi also served as Vice Chancellor in Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University, Ujjain providing Quality Education in Mythological fields.","raw_bio":"Mithila Prasad Tripathi is a Sanskrit poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for 2010 for his poetry. The Sahitya Akademi is India's national academy of letters that awards the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, and the Sahitya Akademi Award for each language is considered the second-highest literary award in India and the highest award for that language. He also won Rashtrapati Award in 2017, for his work in Sanskrit Language. He was the director of Kalidasa Akademi in Ujjain from 2007 to 2010. He is also the chairman of Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Pratishthan, Bhopal, and was on the advisory board of the World Samskrit Book Fair held in January 2010. Additionally, he has served on the Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Board and on the Board of Management of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. On Independence Day 2013, he was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the president of India, for contribution to Sanskrit. Prof. Tripathi also served as Vice Chancellor in Maharshi Panini Sanskrit University, Ujjain providing Quality Education in Mythological fields.","slug":"mithila-prasad-tripathi","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"nan","url":"/sootradhar/mithila-prasad-tripathi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:24.411031","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":23}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}