Ramasesha Sastri

Ramasesha Sastri (known by his title, Asthan Mahavidwan Motaganahalli Ramasesha Sastri) was an Indian playwright, translator, impromptu Sanskrit & Kannada poet and grammarian who authored such works as ‘Sri Bhagavata’, 'Baalikageethavali', ‘Prabhoda Chandrodaya’ and ‘Vamana Vijaya’. His Kannada translations of 'Hitopadesham’, ‘Mudrarakshasa’ and 'Bhagavata Mahapurana' remain popular among Kannada and Sanskrit scholars today. Ramasesha Sastri was the chief priest at the Mysore Palace, where he conducted prince Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar’s Upanayana and Aksharabhyasa ceremonies. He was known to compose Sanskrit compositions extempore. Ramasesha Sastri and his brothers Shankara Sastri & Mahadeva Sastri were well known in the central Bangalore district, for their popular renditions of Indian epics like The Mahabharata and the The Ramayana, often attracting large audiences. Ramasesha Sastri is a maternal relative of Indian historian, epigraphist and Indologist S. Srikanta Sastri.

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