Panchagnula Adinarayana Sastry (1890–1951) was a Scholar of
Sanskrit and
Telugu.[1] He supported the "Navya sahitya movement" and "spoken telugu movement" led by
Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty. He established "Aryabharathi Granthamala" in 1930.[2]
Biography
Sastry was born in 1890 to Venkateswarlu and Alvelumanga. He wrote many books in Telugu, Sanskrit, Pali and Hindi languages. His notable works are "Jainula mata kathalu" and "Gowthama Nyaya sutralu". These are written in Telugu. He translated "
Vatsayana Kamasutralu" from Sanskrit.[3]