T. V. Venkatachala Sastry | |
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| Born | 26 August 1933 |
| Alma mater | Maharaja's College, Mysore |
| Known for | see #Literary contributions |
| Spouse | Venkatalakshmi |
| Awards | see #Recognition |
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| Fields | Kannada literature, Kannada grammar, criticism, editing |
| Institutions | Osmania University –Hyderabad, University of Mysore, B. M. Sri Pratisthana, Mulukanadu Mahasangha |
| Website | www |
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Togere Venkatasubbasastry Venkatachala Sastry, commonly known as T. V. Venkatachala Shastry, is a Kannada-language writer, grammarian, critic, editor and lexicographer. He has authored in excess of 100 books, translations and has edited collections of essays, biographical sketches and felicitation volumes. Recipient of the Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award (honorary), Sastry is an authority on Kannada language grammar and its various facets ranging from the metre scale (Kannada: ಛoದಸ್ಸು) on which he has written extensively to the history of Kannada literature spanning two millennia.
His book Mulukanadu Brahmanaru is a sociological study of the Mulukanadu community since the early 17th century, outlining their origin, migration and embrace of western education. It records in detail their history with over 50 family trees and assumes importance in the field of caste studies. Sastry was a Kannada professor at the University of Mysore and additionally held the post of director at "Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe" before retiring in 1994.