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Adya Rangacharya (born 1904 Agarkhed, Bijapur district – died 1984), was an Indian writer, actor and scholar, and a member of the Adya Jahagirdar family Adya Jahagirdar family.[1] He attended universities in Bombay and the University of London. His writings were original and prolific, which made him a trend-setter among Kannada and Indian writers.[citation needed] He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.[2]
Rangacharya's works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the Theatre, on Sanskrit drama and the Bhagavadgita. He also wrote 71 plays and acted in 47.[1] Besides a translation of Natyasastra,[3] his other works in English include Drama in Sanskrit Literature, Indian Theatre, Introduction to Bharata’s Natyasastra, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy and Indo-Aryan Languages. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.[1]
# Posthumous conferral
