Birth – 1st Feb 1918, Dharwad
Guruparamparaa – Mahamahopadhyaya Kuppuswami Shastri
Shaastras – Vedaanta, Meemaamsaa
Pen-name – Viswamangala
Books :
Sanskrit works – Nabhovaniroopakaani (a collection of four radio plays), Kaavyaanjalih (anthology of poems), Raveendraroopakaani (Adaptation of Tagore’s four plays), Purandaravachanaani (Sanskrit adaptation of Purandara’s one hundred sayings), Sarvajnavachanaani.
Kannada works – Kaavyashaastravinoda (collection of essays on Samskrit poets), Samskrita kavayatriyaru (introduction nof thirty two poetesses of Samskrit), Kalidaasana soundaryadrishti, translation of Madhvabhaashya tattvaprakaashikaa.
Edited works – Galagali Ramachar’s works, Samskrita patrikaanaam itihaasah, Chandram gato maanavah, Pravartataam bhaaratabhaagyachakram, Nyaayaamritam, Advaitasiddhi, Tarangini and Kantakoddhara, Raghavendra Swami’s commentary on Anubhashya of Madhvacharya.
Honours received – ‘Darshanaratnam’ (Parimal Samshodhana Mandir, Najangud), ‘Meemaamsaabhooshana’ (Mantralaya), ‘Shaastranidhi’ (Akhila Bharatiya Madhva Mahamandala), ‘Panditaratnam’ (Pejawar Swamiji), Vidyamanyaprashasti (Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha), Vishishta Puraskaara (UP Sanskrit Samsthan), President’s certificate of honour, Mahamahopadhyaya (RSVP, Tirupati).