Tirumalamba- Makers of Indian Literature (An Old And Rare Book)

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Tirumalamba is a historical character belonging to the great empire Vijaynagar. According to the historical information she was the wife of King Acyutaraya, the brother of great Sri Krishnadevaraya. She occupies a high place among women potesses whose literary skill flashes through her work "Varadambika parinaya campu" composed in Sanskrit. She was a great scholar of Sanskrit and has participated in scholarly assemblies. Her literary style is unique, rich and filled with the flavor of alankaras and power of grammatical words. This monograph holds mirror to the multifaceted knowledge of Tirumalamba. Her acquaintance with warfare, fine arts reflect through her descriptions. This book introduces a great writer less known to the literary world.

P. Shashirekha (1952) a professor (Retired) of Sanskrit, Osmania University had the privilege of studying under Mahamahopadhyaya Acharya P. Sri Ramachandrudu, a Sanskrit scholar of international repute. She has worked on 'Arthasastra' of Kautilya for both M.Phil and Ph.D degrees under the noble guidance of Prof. Sri P. Sriramachandrudu. She was also taught the Sastric 'Prakarana' granthas by the same great scholar who was her mentor, guide and preceptor. She has eleven books to her credit in English and Telugu on various subjects Vedanta, Sankhya, Sahitya and Law and Governance in ancient India. She has presented many research papers in National and International seminars. She has received Ramakrishna Sanskrit Award 2000 from Canada.