O. M. C. Narayanan Nambudiripad, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About O. M. C. Narayanan Nambudiripad
- O M C Narayanan Nambudiripad, an eminent sanskrit scholar was born to the famous Nambudiri family of Olappamanna Mana on 24 June 1910 in Vellinezhi (Palakkad District, Kerala, India).
- He is known for his translation into Malayalam of the Rigveda.
- This work titled Rigveda Bhasha Bhashyam is an exhaustive interpretative analysis of the Rigveda alternatively known as Deviprasadam.
- After his death on 4 April 1989 aged 79, a trust was constituted in his memory.
- The Deviprasadam Trust (constituted in 1990) at Olappamanna Mana hands out awards annually to honour masters in Sanskrit, Vedas, Malayalam literature and Kathakali. O M C Narayanan Nambudiripad, was known for his nationalist and Gandhian views.
- He was the son of O.M Vasudevan Nambudiripad (a well known administrator and writer of Kathakali plays) and the grandson of O.M Vasudevan Nambudiripad who was a scholar in both the Trissur and Tirunavaya Vedic Schools (Brahmaswam Madham).
- He was married to Uma Antharjanam, the daughter of another reputed Sanskrit scholar Kurur Unni Nambudiripad.
- Sumangala, a popular author of children's books is his eldest daughter.
- OMC Narayanan Nambudiripad's father was the uncle of writer and reformer Moothiringode Bhavathrathan Namboothiripad
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