Paravastu Chinnayasuri (1806/7âÂÂ1861/2) was a Telugu writer who played a prominent role in the elevation of prose to importance in Telugu literature. He was the first Telugu Pandit at the Presidency College, Madras. He also worked as a law scholar for the Supreme Court of East India Company. He was acclaimed as a profound scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit in the traditional education. More than a third of his life span was spent in teaching Telugu in schools and in the Presidency college, Madras.
Paravastu Chinnayasuri was born in 1806/7 in Perambur of Chengalpattu district in a Satani family He was the son of Venkata Rangayya, a Vaishnavite scholar. He worked as a Telugu teacher at Pachaiyappa's College in Madras. He also worked as a law scholar for the Supreme Court of East India Company. He was a Pundit in the Telugu, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil languages. He died in 1861/2.
Chinnayasuri translated the first two books of the Sanskrit Panchatantra into Telugu, entitling his translation the Nëticaá¹Âdrika. It was published by Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons in Madras. He wrote the BÃÂlavyÃÂkaraá¹Âamu (), a textbook for teaching Telugu grammar in schools. He translated Thomas Lumisden Strange's Manual of Hindoo Law of 1856, entitling it the Hiá¹Âdà «dharmaà ÂÃÂstrasaá¹Âgrahamu.