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词条 Attoor Krishna Pisharody
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  1. The Man

  2. Major works

  3. References

  4. External links

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Attoor Krishna Pisharody, ആറ്റൂര്‍ ക്രഷ്ണപിഷരടി was born on 29 September 1875{{efn| Attoor recorded in his diary as 14th of Kanni, Malabar Era 1051 in the constellation Uttaraphalguni. The Gregorian Calendar equivalent being 29 September 1875

}} to Vadakkedathu

Narayanan Nambudiri and Pappikutti Pisharasyar in Attoor, a small village in

Thrissur district, Kerala. He received primary education from his father. A

maternal uncle, Bharata Pisharody initiated him into classical Sanskrit. Further

education in vyākaraṇa, advanced kāvyas, etc. was provided by

Meledathu Ramunni Nambiar. A paternal uncle Vengeri Vasudevan Nambudiri, invited

him to live in his house and taught him nyāya, vyākaraṇa, and

alaṃkāra. For some two years he assisted an aged uncle in managing a

vedic school at Ceruvannur Sabhamatham. At the age of eighteen, Attoor unhappy

with managerial responsibilities, left for Kodungallur Kovilakam with the twenty-five

rupees that he had saved.

Attoor who had already mastered alaṃkāra, specialized primarily in

nyāya under Mahamahopadhyaya Bhattashri Godavarma Tampuran. The

education and the experiences at Kodungallur Kovilakam were instrumental in

shaping Attoor's intellect and outlook, as he recalled later in life. At 22,

Attoor returned home as a complete scholar and started instructing in Sanskrit.

His first student was Mooppil Nair, the landlord of the house where he stayed. To

the Nair, he imparted Sanskrit lessons receiving lessons on the veena in return.

At 25, he married Nannikutti Pisharasyar of Vadakootu Pisharam in Pazhayannūr. This

alliance was very propitious. Nannikutti was musically trained and a vainika,

while the father-in-law, Bharata Pisharody was an expert vainika. It provided the

perfect foil for Attoor to continue learning from them music and veena while

pursuing his exploration into the science of music. The couple shared this

wonderful relationship imbibibed in music for the next fifty-six years of their

married life until the demise of Nannikutti.

His ascent as an academic began with his appointment as a teacher in Alathur

High School. After that he worked for five years at the Bhaaratavilāsam Press in

Thrissur. In 1911, at the invitation of Kerala Panini A. R. Rajarajavarma, he

was inducted as a Professor at The Maharājas College, Thiruvananthapuram as a

Professor. Following the tenure of Rajarajavarma, Attoor presided over the

Oriental language department for a period of sixteen years when he retired from

public teaching career. This was followed by a prestigious appointment as Tutor

to His Highness, The Maharaja of Travancore in 1927 that lasted five years.

After this, Attoor officially retired and returned to Thrissur where he spent a

very active post-retired life in his newly built home appropriately named

`Sree Thilakam'. Together with his wife, they ran a gurukulam where music flowed.

After his wife's death, Attoor retired completely into himself, away from public

life, away from teaching, the passion of his life.

The Man

First and foremost Attoor was a generous teacher. He was multi-dimensional

scholar, poet, dramatist, essayist, researcher and musicologist with Sanskrit

and Malayalam as his medium. His ideal was: 'of all wealth, learning and knowledge is the

foremost' (विद्या धनं सर्व धनात् प्रधानं) and his life

exemplified the dictum 'with learning and knowledge came humility' (विद्या ददाति विनयं). He was the humblest among the humble and was always ready to oblige

anyone who sought help.[1] He was generous to a fault. His most illustrious

student, the decorated Sanskrit scholar K. P. Narayana Pisharody (1909-2004)

writes that Attoor was equally eager to teach or learn from anyone.[2][3]

The association with Bharatavilasam press began Attoor foray into literary

career. His critical review of Manideepika caught the attention of its

author, A. R. Rajarajavarma which then led to his employment at the Maharaja's

College. The association with Rajarajavarma honed his research abilities and

provided an avenue to demonstrate his high caliber and scholarship. As a

critic, he once disputed with T. Ganapati Sastri,[4][5] the renowned editor of the

Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, on the origins of Bhāsa's plays. Among his early

works were Balaratnam, an elementary textbook on grammar followed by

Leelatilakam, an authoritative text on literary, historical and linguistic

information. Thereafter he went on to write several books in many subjects. In

1925, Attoor established the journal Rasikaratnaṃ that brought out many

unpublished classics. The translation of Kalidasa's Śākuntaḷaṃ titled Keraḷa

Shakuntaḷam in 1937 was the most popular book he published. It was the King ofCochin who conferred Attoor the title `Panditaraja'.

His final work and magnum opus is Sangita Chandrika, a treatise of music

published in 1954, following several years of research. This is a

lakṣaṇagrantha that spans 700 pages with 12 chapters that

cover: nāda, śruti, svara, vīṇā, grāmamūrcchana, meḷā, tāla,

varṇālaṃkāra, gamakasthāyi, prabandha, rāga, and gīta. The text

follows the sūtra-bhāṣya format with 1728 sūtras. The final chapter

on gīta is a compilation of 443 gītams which are stories from Ramayana,

each set to a distinct raga and tala complete with sahitya and svara. The treatise

is a compendium with analysis, references, quotes to numerous

great musicologists and teachers from the times of Bharata to present.

He continued his literary pursuits until the end. On 5 June 1964 he died at his residence 'Sree Thilakam' surrounded by his

children, grandchildren and students.

Major works

  • Sangeetha chandrika
  • Bhashayum Sahityavum
  • Bhasha sahitya charitham
  • Kerala charitham
  • Vidya vivekam
  • Bhasha darpanam
  • Uthara Ramayanam (Translation)
  • Shakunthalam (Translation)
  • Leelathilakam (Commentary on the 14th century text Leelathilakam)

References

1. ^Sanskrit Plays of Krishnachandra, by Dr. N. P. Unni, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, 1993
2. ^Attoor; by K. P. Nārāyaṇa Piṣāraṭi , 1965 (in Malayalam)
3. ^Āyātmayātaṃ, (autobiography) by K. P. Narayana Pisharody, Green Books, 2009
4. ^A. Krishna Piṣāraṭi. Bhasa's works - A Criticism, Trivandrum, 1925
5. ^A. K.Piṣāraṭi and K.R. Piṣāraṭi , Bhasa's Works - Are they genuine?, Bulletin of Oriental Studies, London, III, pp 107-117
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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223190545/http://www.pisharodysamajam.com/legends.htm legendS]
  • http://www.old.kerala.gov.in/music/music7.pdf{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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