Jandhyala Papayya Sastry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian writer
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Place of Birth: Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
About Jandhyala Papayya Sastry
- Jandhyala Papayya Sastry (4 August 1912 – 21 June 1992) was an eminent Telugu writer and lyricist.
- He was popularly known as Karunasri because his writings expressively show compassion (Karuna or Karu?yam), one of the Nine Rasas.
- His famous kavyas include Pushpa Vilapam and Kunthi Kumari.Poetry is the tremendous reflection of integrated self-awareness of man and the suffering and maladies of society.
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- Karunasri’s “Udayasri” “Vijayasri” and “Karunasri” achieved the rarest and unique distinction innumerable reprints.
- The poet rightly described ?Udayasri? as his fragrant heart, ?Vijayasri? as his thoughtful head and ?Karunasri? as his valuable life.
- These three works of karunasri are the manifestation of satyam (Truth), Sivam (Goodness) and Sundaram (Beauty). “Udayasri” takes us from darkness to twilight; “Vijayasri” from twilight to light; and “Karunasri” from light to delight – The bliss of god. Poetry of Dr.
- Karunasri will take us to the melodious heights of spirituality and to the depths of maladies and sorrowful sufferings of present society and ultimately act as panacea of all ills.
- His poetry is the harbinger of peace, social purpose and human values and also an answer and solution for all social problems. Dr.Karunasri is a strange combination of tradition and modernity, spirituality and social awareness and most of his poetry dances and endures on the lips of every one sweetly and serenely.
- He is popularly remembered and revered as a poet of great popularity only next to Bammera Potana, the poet of Mahabhagavata.
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