Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao (4 September 1925 – 2 February 2006) was an Indian author, Sanskrit scholar and
professor of psychology.
His books, most of them in Kannada and English, deal with Indian
culture, philosophy, art, music, and literature.
They are based on research he
conducted on ancient Indian texts and rare manuscripts.
He was working on a
thirty-two volume project on the Rigveda in English at the time of his death.
He died on 2 February 2006 in Bangalore.