Janamanchi Seshadri Sharma (1882–1950) was a Telugu poet from Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh.
Life
Janamanchi Seshadri Sharma was born in 1882 at Kaluvai in Nellore district. He took up a job in Cuddapah, but later moved to different places like Kashi, Vijayanagaram and Kasimkota near Anakapalli. He was learned in many shastras. He worked as Telugu pandit at many high schools, retiring finally from Municipal High School, Cuddapah.
Honours He earned several titles like 'Balasaraswathi', 'Abhinava Nannaparya', 'Abhinava Andhra Valmiki', 'Andhra Vyasa', Kalaprapoorna, 'Kavyathirtha', etc. and was a recipient of several honours.Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature.
He was honoured with Kalaprapoorna from Andhra University in 1937.
Literary works
Translations Seshadri Sharma translated the following works from Sanskrit into Telugu.Digital Library of India In his translations he took care that the original idea was faithfully reproduced in Telugu. His style was simple and straight and he avoided lengthy phrases and long-winding sentences.
Halasya mahatmyam Brahmanda Puranam Brahma Puranam Valmiki Ramayanam (Translated as Andhra Srimadramayanam),Andhra Srimadramayanamu, Volume-2 (1924) at Digital Library of India. The tenth canto of Bhagavata Purana (Translated as Tandavakrishna Bhagavatam) Kaumarika khandam and Arunachala khandam from Skandapuranam
Original works
Srimadandhra Lalitopakhyanam Hanumadvijaya Sarvamangala Parinayam Dharmasara RamayanamDharmasara Ramayanam at Digital Library of India. Kalivilasam Satpravartnamu Sri Ramavatara Tatvamu Sri Krishnavatara Tatvamu Tandlata Vanajakshi
There are also a number of unpublished works to his credit like Pandavajnatam, Vichitra paduka pattabhishekam, Shrirama vanavasam.
Notes 20th Century luminaries, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005.