| Jandhyala Papayya Sastry | |
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| Born | 4 August 1912 Kommuru village, Guntur district |
| Died | 21 June 1992 |
| Occupation | Lecturer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Hindu |
| Citizenship | India |
| Genres | Writer, Poet |
| Notable work(s) | Pushpa Vilapam |
| Notable award(s) | Honorary doctorate |
| Spouse(s) | Anasuyamma |
| Children | 2 sons and 1 daughter |
Jandhyala Papayya Sastry (Telugu: జంధ్యాల పాపయ్య శాస్త్రి) (b: 4 August 1912 - d: 21 June 1992) was an eminent Telugu Writer and Lyricist. He was popularly known as Karunasri because his writings expressively show Karuna or Karunyam, one of the Nine Rasa. His famous kavyas include Pushpa Vilapam and Kunthi Kumari.[1]
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He is born in Kommuru village of Guntur district in 1912 to Paradesayya and Mahalaxmamma. After primary and middle school education in his village, he has learnt Sanskrit kavyas from Bhamidipati Subramanya Sharma and Kuppa Anjaneya Sastry. After completing Ubhaya Bhasha Praveena he has worked in Ramakrishna Vidyapeetham, Amaravathi, Stall Girls High School, Guntur. He has worked as Telugu lecturer for 20 years in Andhra-Christian College, Guntur. He used to recite poems so expressively that students from other Colleges.
He wrote about 76 works.[2] He saw the plight of a scavenger girl and wrote Paaki Pilla (1928) at the age of 16 years. His other works are Pushpa Vilapam, Karunasri, Udayasri, Vijayasri, Omar Khayyam, Aruna Kiranalu, Telugu Baala and Kalyana Kalpavalli. Karunasri was born out of his stream of his thoughts when he visited rare Buddhist sculpture, Maha Chaitya and pillars at Amaravati. His Pushpavilapam was born out of his anger towards a visitor, who began eating the petals of a rose from the flower vase on the table, while the poet had been in his prayer room. His compositions are timeless; they move the soul. The language is very simple and any common man with basic understanding of the Telugu language can easily understand the depth of his expression. Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao rendered his Pushpa Vilapam and Kunti Kumari. The lyrics and Ghantasala's voice really makes one cry with pity.
He has acted as Mukku Timmana without make-up in Bhuvana Vijayam during Ugadi celebrations. He became a devotee of Satya Sai Baba and Viswaguru Viswamji during his later years.[3]
He is married to Anasuyamma. They had two sons and a daughter.
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He was awarded Honorary Doctorate from Sri Venkateswara University, [[Tirupati (city)karnataka ].