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Vidyalankara, Sastra-Chudamani, Sangita-Kalaratna, Professor Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao is a well-known
scholar who combines
traditional learning with modern research. Well-versed in Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhamagadhi and several modern
Indian languages and acquainted
with Tibetan and some European languages. He has written extensively on Vedanta, Buddhism. Jainism, Indian
Culture. Art and Literature.
In his professional career, however, he was a Professor of
Psychology. He has headed the Department of Clinical
Psychology in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, and the Department of
Indian Culture in the Callison
College Study Centre of the University of the Pacific (USA). At present, he is the Senior Associate of National
Institute of Advanced Studies
(Indian Institute of Science). Bangalore, and Guest Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
He has been Member of Karnataka State Lalitha Kala Academi and Sangita Nritya Academi he has served on the
Agama Board (Govt. of
Karnataka). He is President of Silpa-Kala Pratishtana. The Govt. of Karnataka has honoured him with the 1986
Rajyotsava Award, He is on the
Advisory Committee of the T.T.D. He has received awards from Lalita-Kala Academi and Sangita Nritya Academi.
He has written more than sixty books in Kannada, a play in Sanskrit, and a Pali commentary on Buddhist classic.
One of his books on
Iconography in Kannada has won the State Sahitya Academi Award, as also another of his books on the Tirupati
Temple.
Among his numerous English publications are three vols. of Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine, (Popular
Prakashan, Mumbai), Tibetan Tantrik
Rgveda-Darsana Vishnu Suktani (In 3 Volumes): Explaining all the Suktas of Lord Vishnu Occuring the Rgveda
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Author(s)S.K. Ramachandra Rao
PublisherKalpatharu Research Academy
ISBN / ASINB008RYJ8G8
ISBN-13978B008RYJ8G6
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