Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam

Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi (10 March 1936 – 28 December 2022) was an Indian author, Sanskrit grammarian, philosopher and critic.

He was the recipient of India's highly prestigious award Padma Shri for the year 2020 for his excellent work in the field of Literature and Education.

Early life and education Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi was born to Narasimhacharya, Gopamamba on 10 March 1936 at Chegurthi village, Karimnagar district, Telangana. Vijayasarathi started composing poetry at the age of 7. Although he had his primary education in Urdu medium, excelled himself as a Sanskrit scholar extraordinarily.

It was his mother who taught him "Nyaya Bodhini", "Tharka Sangrahamu", and Meemamsa. It was during this period that he composed "Sharadaa Padakinkine". His astounding scholarship came to fore with khandakavyas like "Vishaadalahari" and "Shabaree Paridevanam" which he composed at the age of sixteen. K. K. Birla Foundation "Vachaspati Puraskar" for the year 1996 in Jaipur Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth awarded "Indira Behere" gold medal award for the year 1995 in Pune Mahakavi title by former speaker of Andhra Pradesh Sri Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao Swarna Kankanam by the then Governor of Andhra pradesh Late Sri Krishan Kant Kavichakravathi title by D. Sripada Rao, Ex. Speaker AP legislative Assembly Mahamahopaadhyaya – National Sanskrit University - Tirupati (2018) Uthama Samskritha Panditha Puraskaaram – Telugu University – Hyderabad Sanathana Dharma Charitable Trust – Ugadi Puraskaaram through the hands of Sadguru Shivananda Murthy

Karimnagar Municipal Corporation has named the road from Kapuwada to Bommakal bypass road via Yagnavaraha Kshetram as Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi Marg and Gangula Kamalakar inaugurated the Marg on January 25, 2024.