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Punnasseri Nambi Neelakanta Sharma (1858–1934) was a renownedSanskrit scholar and teacher of Kerala, India. He was born on 17 June 1858 in Pattambi in Palakkad districtto a Moosad family, NarayananNambi and Achuthath Nangayya Antharjanam. He learned Sanskrit in the customary way and mastered the branches of traditional knowledge ofVyakaranam (grammar), Alankaram (aesthetics), Vaidyam (medicine) and Jyothisham (astrology).
In 1888 he started'Saraswathodyothini'a centerfor Sanskrit teachingwhich later became Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi. He also founded 'Vijnanachinthamani' printing press and 'Vijnanachinthamani' hospital. He received various titles and honours from the Maharajas of Travancore and Cochin statesand has chaired many academic bodies. He died on 14 September 1934.
Major works
- Jyothisasthra Subodhini
- Panchabodha vyakhya
- Prasnamargathinu uparathnashikha vyakhyanam
- Chamalkara chinthamani vyakhya
- Mahisha mangalabhana vyakhya
- Sreekrishna vilasa vyakhya