S. Vaiyapuri Pillai

Rao Sahib
S. Vaiyapuri Pillai
Vaiyapuri Pillai in 1936
Born(1891-10-12)12 October 1891
Tinnevely District,
Madras Presidency,
British India
(now Tirunelveli district,
Tamil Nadu, India)
Died17 February 1956(1956-02-17) (aged 64)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Lawyer, publisher
Known forTamil Scholar, publisher

Rao Sahib Saravanapperumal Vaiyapuri Pillai (12 October 1891 – 17 February 1956)[1] was a renowned lawyer and Tamil scholar. An advocate by profession, he edited and published several Tamil classics from original manuscripts. He is best remembered as the editor of the Tamil lexicon published by the Madras University in the 1920s. He was a voracious reader and had in his own private collection thousands of books in Tamil, English, Sanskrit and Malayalam. His collection also included hundreds of palm-leaf manuscripts. This collection was later donated to the National Library of India in Kolkata. .

  1. ^ "Vaiyapuri Pillai Passes Away". The Indian Express. 18 February 1956. p. 3.