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| birth_place = Palivela village, [[East Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
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'''Kasibhatta Brahmaiah Sastry''' (2 February 1863 – 29 October 1940)<ref name="kasi">[http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10689/12227/7/Part1_Chapter8-9_108-146p.pdf History of Telugu literature, page no.122]</ref> was a noted Sanskrit and Telugu scholar and who coined the term "Navala" in Telugu literature.{{cn|date=June 2020}} He is an orthodox Brahmin scholar from [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra pradesh]]. He was a great pandit well versed in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and an adept in writing critical literary essays in Telugu. He collected various religious Essays and Writings and published in 1911 by the title of "Upanyasapayonidhi".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&dq=kasibhatta+brahmayya+sastry&pg=PA260 History of Indian Literature, Volume 1 By Sisir Kumar Das - page:260]</ref> He had already learned the English language by that lime, and embarked upon a serious study of Hinduism and Sastras. He started a journal "Rajayogi" in [[kakinada]]. He was editing a monthly journal by the title of Aryamatha Bodhini.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OcEM2IsnA1AC&dq=kasibhatta+brahmayya+sastry&pg=PA310 Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India - edited by Michael Bergunder, Heiko Frese, page:310]</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born on 2 February 1853 at Palivela village of [[East Godavari district]]. His parents are Subbamma and Brahmavadhani. In 1883, he started "Aryamathabodhini" at Kakinada. He started a library named "Vivekananda pustaka bhandagaram" affiliation to his sabha "Artyamathabodhini".{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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He was opposed to [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam|Viresa lingam Pantulu]] in all respects—in religious thought, social reform and literature. He was always on the alert to expose the loopholes in Viresalingam's writings and social reform activities.<ref name="kasi"/><br />
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* [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Upanyaasapayoonidhi_%281911%29.pdf Upanyasa Payonidhi book in wikimedia.org]<br />
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