| Intro | Indian writer |
| Was | Author |
| From | India |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 February 1888, Krishna district |
| Death |
1950 (aged 61 years) |
Veturi Prabhakara Sastri (February 7, 1888 – August 29, 1950) was a Pundit (expert) in both Sanskrit and Telugu languages.
Contribution
As a publisher and writer, he introduced to Telugu people several ancient texts, in association with Manavalli Ramakrishna from prachya likhita pustaka bhandagaram (library of ancient scripts). He discovered the copper scripts of Annamayya’s poetry and introduced them to Telugu people. Similarly, he unearthed palm scripts of Ranganadha’s Ragadalu. He published Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra, Srinadha Vaibhavamu, Sringara Srinadham, Manu Charitra, Basava Puranam etc. with elaborate introductions. He translated Bhasa’s Pratimanatakam, Karnabharam and Madhyamavyayogam.
Spiritual Life
Veturi Prabhakara Sastry became a spiritual disciple of Master C V V. (Canchupati Venkatrao Venkaswami Rao) on June 22, 1916
Vangmaya Peetam
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) established “Sriman Veturi Prabhakara Sastry Vangmaya Peetam” in 2007 to publish his books and research works. A life-size bronze statue of Sri Veturi was installed before the SVETA Complex in Tirupati.