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{{Short description|Indian philosopher (1924–2011)}}
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| birth_place = [[Sangam Jagarlamudi, Guntur district]], India
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'''Kotha Satchidananda Murty''' (1924-2011) was an Indian [[philosopher]] and professor. Murty served as the Professor of Philosophy, [[Andhra University]], [[Visakhapatnam]] and Vice-Chancellor of [[Sri Venkateswara University]], [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[South India]]. He specialized in Buddhist philosophy and contributed extensively to Mahayana Buddhism. His treatise on the teachings of Nagarjuna is well acclaimed.<ref name="Murty1971">{{cite book|author=K. Satchidananda Murty|title=Nagarjuna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DwhAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=13 June 2021|year=1971|publisher=National Book Trust, India; [chief stockists in India: India Book House, Bombay}}</ref>

==Education==
Murty was born in 1924 in a small village [[Sangam Jagarlamudi]], [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] to Kotha Veerabhadraiah and Ratnamamba. He completed the school study in the village and Intermediate education from [[Hindu College (Guntur)|Hindu College]], [[Guntur]]. He graduated from [[Andhra University]], [[Visakhapatnam]] and carried out Ph.D. research in philosophy from the same university.

==Career ==
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Murty served as [[professor]] of [[philosophy]] at [[Princeton University]] in 1959. In 1960, he joined [[Andhra University]] as a professor. 1963 saw Murty join the [[Renmin University of China|Peoples University, Beijing, China]] in the same capacity as before, additionally also serving as a professor at [[University of Hyderabad]]. He was then appointed special officer at the Centre for Post Graduate Studies, [[Guntur]] in 1971. Murty has also served as vice-chancellor of [[Sri Venkateswara University]], Tirupati(1975) & [[Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies|Central Institute of Tibetan Studies]], Sarnath(1989), whilst also being appointed as vice-chairman of The University Grants Commission, New Delhi, in 1986.

==Works==
* His lectures on Philosophy of Religion - "The Realm of Between" has gained wide acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|last1=J. De Marneffe|title=Reviews|url=http://unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/ipq/english/IPQ/1-5%20volumes/03-4/3-4-8.pdf|website=Unipune.ac|access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref> It was published by [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]], Simla in 1973. It was based on three of his lectures delivered in Oxford and in London in 1963. They are based on the various themes like "Suffering", "Salvation", "Religious Action", "Transcendental Philosophy" etc., Subsequently, a group of professors in Andhra University published his lectures in a volume entitled ''Collected Criticism of K. Satchidananda Murty'' in 1975.
* Revelation and reason in [[Advaita Vedanta]], Ph.D. thesis submitted to Andhra University and subsequently published by [[Motilal Banarsidass]], Delhi in 1974.
* Life, thought, and culture in India, c. AD 300–1000, as a [[Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture]] and published by [[Centre for Studies in Civilizations]], New Delhi.
* Ethics, education, Indian unity, and culture : addresses in universities from Kashi to Kashmir, 1980–89, some excerpts, 1991.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ethics, education, Indian unity, and culture: addresses in universities from Kashi to Kashmir, 1980-89, some excerpts|first=K. Satchidananda|last=Murty|date=13 June 1991|publisher=Ajanta Publications|oclc=27173036 }}</ref>
* Readings in Indian history, politics and philosophy, published by [[Allen & Unwin]], London in 1967.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Readings in Indian history, politics and philosophy|first=K. Satchidananda|last=Murty|date=13 June 1967|publisher=Allen & Unwin|oclc=458430 }}</ref>
* Current trends in Indian philosophy, published by Andhra University, Waltair in 1972.
* Radhakrishnan : his life and ideas, published by State University of New York, 1990
* Philosophy in India : traditions, teaching, and research, 1985.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Philosophy in India: traditions, teaching, and research|first=K. Satchidananda|last=Murty|date=13 June 1985|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass; Indian Council of Philosophical Research|oclc=12977773 }}</ref>
* Studies in the problems of peace, published by Asia Publishing House, 1960.
* The Indian spirit, published by Andhra University press, 1965.
* Metaphysics, man and freedom, published by Asia Publishing House, 1963.

==Works based on his philosophy==
* The philosophy of K. Satchidananda Murty by Sibajiban Bhattacharyya and Ashok Vohra, Published by [[Indian Council of Philosophical Research]], New Delhi, 1995.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The philosophy of K. Satchidananda Murty|date=13 June 1995|publisher=Indian Council of Philosophical Research : Distributed by Indian Book Centre|oclc=35263116 }}</ref>
* Philosophical perspectives of K. Satchidananda Murty by P. Boaz, 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Philosophical perspectives of K. Satchidananda Murty|first=P|last=Boaz|date=13 June 2013|oclc=856989075 }}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* President — Indian Philosophical Congress
* Honorary Doctorate — Russian Academy of Sciences - 1989
* Honorary Doctorate — Beijing University - 1988
* [[Padma Bhushan]], Government of India - 1984
* [[Padma Vibhushan]], Government of India - 2001

==Death==
He died after a brief respiratory illness at [[Guntur]] on Monday 25 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Satchidananda Murthy passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/satchidananda-murthy-passes-away/article1122727.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://kottasatchidanandamurthy.blogspot.in/ Unofficial blogspot about Kotta Satchidananda Murty.]

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