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Anant Krishna Shastry

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A. K. Shastry
Born(1940-03-17)17 March 1940
Died4 January 2020(2020-01-04) (aged 79) [citation needed]
NationalityIndian
OccupationProfessor of History
Known forResearch on Kadatas, books and source material

A. K. Shastry (Anant Krishna Shastry) was an Indian historian in the state of Karnataka, India.

Life

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Shastry was the first scholar to extensively study and research manuscripts called Kadata.[citation needed] He also studied more than a hundred thousand palm leaf and paper manuscripts.[citation needed]

Shastry's research focuses on social, political, economic and religious aspects of Sringeri Dharmasamsthana in particular and Karnataka in general, during this time period.[citation needed]

Shastry's major work involves reading, translating/transliterating from "modi kannada" Modi alphabet - an old Kannada script, and generating source material from these manuscripts. He has written several large volumes of source material books that capture these documents verbatim with commentary and analysis.[1] Due to his work on Kadatas, he is known as "Kadata Shastry" in Karnataka's history circles.[citation needed]

He has presided over several state and national level history seminars. He was a professor of history at MES's M. M. College of Arts and Science, Sirsi, affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad, from 1964 to 1998.[citation needed]

Books and research

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Academic

  • A History of Shringeri: Karnatak University, Dharwad. 1st edition 1982, 2nd edition 1999.
  • Sringeri Dharmasamsthana (Kannada) : Sringeri Matha, 1983
  • Sringeriya Itihasa (Kannada) : Karnatak University, Dharwad. Three editions
  • France Deshada Mahakranti (Kannada): Karnatak University, Dharwad
  • The records of the Sringeri Matha relating to Keladi: Keladi Museum, 2001
  • Selections from the Kadatas of the Sringeri Matha: Unpublished, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, 1982
  • A Catalogue of the Sringeri Records : Karnataka State Archives, Bangalore, 1995/1996
  • Kannadadalli Kadatagalu: Kannada Sahatya Parishat, Bangalore, 1997
  • Sirsi Talukina Itihasa (Kannada) : M.E Society, Sirsi, 1988
  • Sri Sonda Swarnavalli Mahasamsthanada Aitihasika Dakhalegalu (Kannada): Karnataka State Archives, Bangalore, 1997
  • Sri Swarnavalli Mahasamsthana (Kannada): Sri Sarwajnendra Sarasvati Pratishthana, Swarnavalli, 1997
  • A History of the Swarnavalli Mahasamsthana: Sri Bhagavatpada Prakashana, Swarnavalli, 2004
  • Sri Manjuguni Kshetrada Charitrika Dakhalegalu (Kannada): Karnataka State Archives, Bangalore, 1997
  • The Historical Records Relating to the Kanara Districts: Unpublished, U.G.C, New Delhi, 2002
  • Idagunjiya Sri Mahaganapati Mattu Sabhahitaru (English & Kannada): Lilaganapati Charitable Trust, Haldipur, 2004
  • Sringeri Mathada Kadatagalalliya Aayda Charitrika Dakhalegalu (Kannada): Karnataka State Archives, Bangalore, 2003
  • Ramrao Divgi - A Karmayogi : Divgi Family, Sirsi, 2005
  • Kadambotsava Smarana Sanchike : Editor, 1996
  • Sirsi Taluka Darpana : Editor, M.E Society, Sirsi, 1988
  • The Karnataka Historical Review : Editor, Dharwad, Vol XXVI
  • The Records of the Sringeri Dharmasamsthana : Sringeri Matha, 2009 (U.G.C New Delhi)
  • The Records of Sri Chitrapur Matha : 2008
  • Banavasi (English): Department of Archeology, Museums and Heritage, Bangalore, 2011
  • Banavasi (Kannada): Department of Archeology, Museums and Heritage, Bangalore, 2010

Poems

  • Upakhyana (Kannada), Sirsi, 1982
  • Anisikegalu (Kannada), Pampa Prakashana, Sirsi, 1993
  • Ananta Chutukugalu (Kannada), Sirsi, 2010
  • Chuti Chutukugalu (Kannada), Sirsi, Bhavani Prakashana, 2012

Biographies

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  • In 1998, a felicitation volume called 'Itihasa Samshodhaka', edited by Dr. G. M Hegde, was published
  • In 2015, on the occasion of Dr. Shastry's 75th birthday, a felicitation volume called 'Ananta Krishna Charita', edited by Ganapati Bhat, Vargasar, was published

References

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