Thuravoor Narayana Sasthrigal

Last updated on 18th April 2023 ; Copied with minor link update from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on March 07, 2023 After a great deal of searching, finally I got the picture of my great-grandfather, Thuravoor Narayana Sastrigal (TNS), an eminent Sanskrit scholar and grammarian of Kerala in late 19th and early 20th century, with A. R. Rajaraja Varma (ARRV) and others, from a biography on ARRV. The book is titled, "Ē. Ār. Rājarājavarmma - Volume 3" (A.R. Rajaraja Varma-III) by M. Bhagirathy Amma Thampuran and M. Raghava Varma Raja, first published in February 1963 by M. Bhagirathy Amma Thampuran. This seems to be the Google Books link for the book:  https://books.google.co.in/books?id=X4ARAQAAIAAJ  . The original pic (without my slight editing) was shared with me today (7th March 2023) by Shri D.K.M. Kartha who now lives in USA but is originally from Thuravoor, Kerala which is the same town that Thuravoor Narayana Sastrigal (or Thuravo...

Copied from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on March 04, 2023 My first post about Thuravoor Narayana Shastri (TNS), eminent Sanskrit scholar, grammarian and teacher of late 1800s and early 1900s from Kerala, seems to have been in July 2016: My family history and how we moved from traditional South Indian Brahmin occupations to others over generations,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2016/07/some-info-and-speculation-about-my.html  , published 11th July 2016. In that post, I first wrote, "Don't know much about my mother's side. My mother's father was a magistrate (in Trivandrum, IIRC) and I have heard stories about how he was held in pretty high esteem. He and his father, IIRC, were Sanskrit scholars and perhaps his father had been felicitated or had a position in one of the Kerala Hindu king's (Travancore?) court/administration." Then I spoke to my aunt (mother's sister) over phone. After that conversation, I wrote in the post...

Last updated on 5 Mar 2023 Copied with minor link update from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on March 03, 2023 To get a quick summary about Thuravoor Narayana Shastri (TNS), please visit my post: Summary info. about Thuravoor Narayana Shastri, Sanskrit scholar and eminent grammarian of late 1800s and early 1900s from Kerala,  https://tnarayanasasthri.blogspot.com/2023/04/summary-info-about-thuravoor-narayana.html  . In my extensive Internet search on TNS, it is in the field of Sanskrit drama (Vyangyavakhya) in current day articles/books (from around 2000 onwards) that TNS is mentioned as a Sanskrit scholar scribe who converted Malayalam script Sanskrit text to Devanagari script Sanskrit text. But in current day (from around 2000 onwards) articles/books about past Sanskrit scholars and grammarians of Kerala that I got on the internet through Google search, I have not come across a single article mentioning TNS as an eminent Sanskrit scho...

Last updated on 8 Mar. 2023 Copied with link updates from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on February 26, 2023 This post provides a summary of what I know so far about Thuravoor Narayana Shastri (or Sastri or Sastrigal) (TNS) who is my great-grandfather. Note that R. Narayana Sastri or Sastrigal or Sastriar also refers to TNS. Also sometimes the honorific prefix of Brahmasri is used for his name.  This post also provides reference links for details which are typically other posts of mine. I have provided it as a set of points rather than as a biographical note. I don't think I have enough info. about TNS to write a biographical note. Further, I think writing such a note would require some visits to Thuravoor and Thiruvanthapuram to get a decent background about TNS life and his times. I am not in a position to make such visits.  In future, if somebody wants to write a biographical note on TNS they may find this summary note useful. For a pict...

Last minor update on 18 Apr. 2023 Copied with link update from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on February 19, 2023 "A. R. Raja Raja Varma or A R. Rajaraja Varma (Malayalam: എ.ആർ. രാജരാജവർമ്മ) (1863–1918) was an Indian poet, grammatician and Professor of Oriental Languages at Maharaja's College (present University College), Trivandrum.",  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Raja_Raja_Varma  . I have referred to him as ARRV in the sections below. ARRV's book titled "Mani Dipika" (alternative title: Manideepika), fourth edition of which was published in 1934, is available here for viewing:  https://gpura.org/item/1934-mani-deepika-arr  . The title in Malayalam is: "മണിദീപികാ - എ. ആർ. രാജരാജവർമ്മ". The book is in Malayalam. The front cover page pic of the book is shown below: [On PC desktop/laptop, to open pic in larger resolution (if available), right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In n...

Last updated on 18 Apr. 2023 Copied with link update from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on February 16, 2023 This post follows up on a recent earlier post of mine: Great boost from Shri D.K.M. Kartha to increase current knowledge about my great-grandfather, Sanskrit scholar Thuravoor Narayana Shastri,  https://tnarayanasasthri.blogspot.com/2023/04/great-boost-from-shri-dkm-kartha-to.html   . Shri D.K.M Kartha mentioned in the above post is referred to here as "Karthaji". Thuravoor Naryana Shastri is referred to as TNS. The Ulloor book mentioned below is: Kerala Sahitya Charitram (KSC) (  http://ax.sayahna.org/ulloor/index.html  ,  https://tnarayanasasthri.blogspot.com/2023/04/finally-got-kerala-sahitya-charitram.html  ) by Mahaakavi Ulloor (Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulloor_S._Parameswara_Iyer  ). I think it is Part 5 of Ulloor book that is the main part to search for, ...

Last updated on 18th Apr. 2023 Copied with link update from ravisiyer.blogspot.com on 14 Apr. 2023, first published there on February 15, 2023 Around a week back, I received a pleasant surprise mail titled, "Thuravoor Narayana Sastri" (name of my great-grandfather Sanskrit scholar referred to later in this post as TNS) from Shri D.K.M. Kartha (Karthaji) where he wrote (and was OK with me sharing it publicly when I asked him later), "I am originally from Thuravoor and I remember hearing the name of your celebrated great grandfather  in the 60's in one of my schools.  He was perhaps the most illustrious son of my home village!" I was delighted to know that Karthaji remembered hearing the name of my great grandfather as a celebrated person in the 60's (1960s) in one of his schools (in Thuravoor, I presume), and his view that TNS was perhaps the most illustrious son of Thuravoor. I thanked him profusely for the mail. To know more about TNS please visit: List of ...