Korada Ramakrishnayya
Korada Ramakrishnayya | |
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| Native name | కోరాడ రామకృష్ణయ్య |
| Born | Korada Ramakrishnayya 2 October 1891 Amalapuram, India |
| Died | 28 March 1962 (aged 70) Tirupati, India |
| Occupation | Telugu faculty at Noble College, Machilipatnam, Maharaja College, Vizayanagarm, Madras University, and Oriental Research Institute, Tirupati |
| Education | M.A. |
| Alma mater | Nobel College, Machilipatnam, Madras University |
| Notable works | Sandhi, Desi, Dravidian Cognates, Andhra Bharata Kavita Vimarshanamu |
| Spouse | Annapurna |
| Relatives | Korada Ramachandra Sastri, Korada Mahadeva Sastri |
| Website | |
| thekorada | |
Korada Ramakrishnayya (2 October 1891 – 28 March 1962) was a Dravidian philologist and litterateur. He was the first Telugu scholar to publish research works on comparative Dravidian linguistics. He published the first literary criticism based on modern methods 'Andhra Bharata Kavita Vimarshanamu'.
Ramakrishnayya authored works of fundamental importance and extended the borders of research in Telugu literary criticism, history of the Telugu language, philological interpretation of Telugu grammar, cognate Dravidian vocabulary, comparative Dravidian grammar, and comparative Dravidian prosody.