Dear indologists,

I inform with a heavy heart the sudden demise of my father Prof.Korada Mahadeva Sastri, Professor of Telugu and renowned linguist at Tirupati on 11th October. The last rites (10th,11th, 12^th day) will be conducted at Anantapur.

Brief bio-data of Prof Mahadeva Sastri :

Born in 1921 at Machilipatnam, he is a triple Post Graduate, one in Economics, the second in Comparative Philology and the third in Telugu. He obtained his D. Litt in 1961 for his thesis on ‘Historical Grammar of Telugu’ under the guidance of Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, renowned  Linguist, Calcutta University. He started his career as lecturer in the Linguistics dept., Annamalai Univ. and later in the Telugu dept of Sri Venkateswara Univ. and as was Professor at Sri Krishnadevaraya Univ, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. He was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Indology,  Koln University, Germany during 1976-78. He was one of the founder members of International School of Dravidian Linguistics, Trivendrum.

His major works :

1. Historical Grammar of Telugu, pub by S.V.University, Tirupati,1964 2. Descriptive Grammar and Handbook of Modern Telugu, pub. by Franz Steiner Verlag, Germany, (2) ‘Andhra Vangmaya Parichayamu,’ an introduction to Telugu Literature with the best specimens of Telugu Poetry (4) ‘Bala Praudha Vyakarana Dipika,’ a commentary on the traditional Telugu Grammar with a philological background and (5) ‘Telugu Vyutpatti Nighantuvu,’ an etymological dictionary of native Telugu, pub by Dravid Univ. Kuppam and (6) Bhasha-samskruti, collected papers on Telugu language and literature.

Some of his Research papers : 1 Intensive and Inclusive Compounds in Telugu, 2 A Folk Tale in Western Bhojpuri, 3 Language of the Telugu Inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries, 4 Development of Verbal Forms in Modern Telugu, 5 Vedic and Classical Sanskrit, 6 Spontaneous Aspirations in Telugu, 7 Prakrit Inscriptions in Buddhist Andhra and 8 Sound Symbolism in Telugu.