Korada Subrahmanyam (born 1954) is an Indian Sanskrit grammarian and scholar. He served as a Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Hyderabad, where he was associated with the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (CALTS). Following his retirement, he served as an Adjunct Professor at the IIT Hyderabad. Prof.Korada was born into a family of Vedic scholars hailing from the Godavari delta region, known as Konaseema. His areas of specialization include Paninian Grammar, Philosophy of Language, Translation, Vedas,Vedangas and Upanishads.The Professor is also well versed in MahÃÂbhÃÂá¹£ya, VÃÂkyapadëya, Laghumañjà «á¹£ÃÂ, à ÂlokavÃÂrtikam and TantravÃÂrtikam. He studied Astadasavidyasthanams, ie Vedas, Vedangas, Darsanas, Upavedas, and Puranas (Lectures are available on Youtube and Essays are available on ancient indianwisdom.com of Jijyasa Foundation, USA. He is the recipient of "Vedavyasa Sammanam", an honor bestowed upon scholars with expertise in Vedic studies and related fields.
Prof.Subrahmanyam was introduced to Sanskrit by his father Korada Subbavadhani(1913âÂÂ1985), a ghanapÃÂá¹Âhë and Sanskrit scholar himself. He memorized Amarakosha, a Sanskrit thesaurus at age five. After mastering Krishna Yajurveda and the Upanishads, he went on to study VyÃÂkaraá¹Âa under Sripada Lakshminarayana Sastry(Podagatlapalli, East Godavari) and Kompella Subbaraya Sastry(Narendrapuram, East Godavari) in a traditional manner. Dr.Korada also gained proficiency in Vedanta under the tutelage of Rani Narasimha Sastry(Narendrapuram EG Dist.) and Acarya Pullela Sriramacandrudu (Hyderabad) and Jyotisham under Chivukula Satyanarayana Murthy (Gopalapuram, EG Dist.). The professor also forayed into MëmÃÂá¹ÂsÃÂ, NyÃÂya, Vaià Âeá¹£ika, Yoga, SÃÂnkhya, SÃÂmudrika, and Tantra gaining expertise through self-learning and interaction with scholars. The professor is a rare phenomenon, who had his schooling in both Oriental (Gurukula) and Occidental (University) fashions, which has benefited the Sanskrit lovers at large. He has contributed hundreds of posts to the Google group 'Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad' over the past few years, which are also published in his blog named "Koradeeyam".
Post bachelor's, Dr.Korada pursued his Master's and Ph.D. in Sanskrit from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. His Ph.D. dissertation titled MahÃÂvÃÂkyavicÃÂrah ( A Study of Discourse ) is considered to be a magnum opus in the field of Sanskrit Linguistics. Dr.Korada joined the University of Hyderabad as a faculty and retired in 2019 as a Professor. During his 31-year-long tenure, around 30 students worked with him for their MPhil and Ph.D. degrees.
Some of the books published by the scholar include (available on archive.com ):