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{{short description|Indian poet}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2012}}

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'''Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma''' (1882–1950) was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet from [[Cuddapah]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].

==Life==

Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma 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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature.] {{ISBN|81-260-1221-8}}</ref>

He was honoured with [[Kalaprapoorna]] from [[Andhra University]] in 1937.

==Literary works==

===Translations===
Seshadri Sarma translated the following works from [[Sanskrit]] into [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref>[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in Digital Library of India]</ref> 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 Purana]]m
*[[Brahma Purana]]m
*[[Valmiki Ramayana]]m (Translated as Andhra Srimadramayanam),<ref>[http://www.dli.gov.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=aan%27dhra%20shriimadraamaayand-amu%20baala%20kaan%27d%27amu&author1=&subject1=Language.%20Linguistics.%20Literature&year=1924%20&language1=Telugu&pages=356&barcode=2020050005718&author2=&identifier1=III%20T%20HYDRABAD&publisher1=v%20raamaswamy%20shastry%20and%20sons%20madras&contributor1=pstu&vendor1=par&scanningcentre1=rmsc,%20iiith%20&slocation1=PSTU&sourcelib1=NONE&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=Digital%20Library%20Of%20India&digitalpublicationdate1=2005-04-13&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=OUT_OF_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=Tagged%20Image%20File%20Format%20&url=/data7/upload/0190/157 Andhra Srimadramayanamu, Volume-1 (1924) at Digital Library of India.]</ref><ref>[http://www.dli.gov.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=aan%27dhra%20shrii%20madraamaayand-amu%202&author1=sheishhaadrisharma%20janaman%27chi&subject1=GENERALITIES&year=1924%20&language1=Telugu&pages=834&barcode=2030020025436&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=vaavil%27la%20raamasvaami%20shaastrulu%20an%27d%27%20sans&contributor1=&vendor1=til&scanningcentre1=rmsc,%20iiith%20&slocation1=OSU&sourcelib1=OU%20&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=&digitalpublicationdate1=0000-00-00&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=IN_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=%20&url=/data7/upload/0191/349 Andhra Srimadramayanamu, Volume-2 (1924) at Digital Library of India.]</ref><ref>[http://www.dli.gov.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=aan%27dhra%20shrii%20madraamaayand-amu%203&author1=sheishhaadrisharma%20janaman%27chi&subject1=GENERALITIES&year=1924%20&language1=Telugu&pages=987&barcode=2030020025473&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=vaavil%27la%20raamasvaami%20shaastrulu%20an%27d%27%20sans&contributor1=&vendor1=til&scanningcentre1=rmsc,%20iiith%20&slocation1=OSU&sourcelib1=OU%20&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=&digitalpublicationdate1=0000-00-00&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=IN_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=%20&url=/data7/upload/0191/378 Andhra Srimadramayanamu, Volume-3 (1924) at Digital Library of India.]</ref><ref>[http://www.dli.gov.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=aan%27dhra%20shriimadraamaayand-amu%20yuddhakaan%27d%27amu%20Vol%206&author1=janaman%27chi%20sheishhaadrisharma&subject1=LANGUAGE.%20LINGUISTICS.%20LITERATURE&year=1917%20&language1=Telugu&pages=592&barcode=5010010032819&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=V.Ramaswamy%20And%20Sons,Madras&contributor1=&vendor1=svi&scanningcentre1=rmsc,%20iiith&slocation1=SVDL&sourcelib1=SVI-VMPL-MACHILIPATNAM%20&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=&digitalpublicationdate1=0000-00-00&numberedpages1=592&unnumberedpages1=2&rights1=OUT_OF_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=%20&url=/data6/upload/0161/027 Andhra Srimadramayanamu, Volume-6 (1917) at Digital Library of India.]</ref><ref>[http://www.dli.gov.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=aan%27dhrashriimadraamaayand-amu%20uttarakaan%27d%27amu&author1=janaman%27chi%20sheishhaadri%20sharma&subject1=RELIGION.%20THEOLOGY&year=1924%20&language1=Telugu&pages=392&barcode=5010010032828&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=V.Ramaswamy%20And%20Sons,Madras&contributor1=&vendor1=svi&scanningcentre1=rmsc,%20iiith%20&slocation1=SVDL&sourcelib1=SVI-VMPL-MACHILIPATNAM%20&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=&digitalpublicationdate1=0000-00-00&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=IN_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=%20&url=/data7/upload/0182/195 Andhra Srimadramayanamu, Uttara Kandamu (1924) at Digital Library of India.]</ref>
*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 Ramayanam<ref>[http://www.dli.gov.in/cgi-bin/metainfo.cgi?&title1=dharma%20saara%20raamaayand-amu&author1=sheshhaadri%20sharma%20janaman%27chi&subject1=GENERALITIES&year=1937%20&language1=Telugu&pages=550&barcode=2030020024984&author2=&identifier1=&publisher1=raamasvaami%20shaastrulu%20an%27d%27%20sans&contributor1=&vendor1=til&scanningcentre1=rmsc,%20iiith%20&slocation1=OSU&sourcelib1=OU%20&scannerno1=&digitalrepublisher1=&digitalpublicationdate1=0000-00-00&numberedpages1=&unnumberedpages1=&rights1=IN_COPYRIGHT&copyrightowner1=&copyrightexpirydate1=&format1=%20&url=/data7/upload/0191/002 Dharmasara Ramayanam at Digital Library of India.]</ref>
*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.
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