G. P. Rajarathnam
Introduction '''G. P. Rajarathnam''' (1909–1979), known by his pen name as '''Bhramara''' ''(meaning:Bee)'', was a Kannada author, lyricist and poet in Karnataka, India. Rajarathnam was well known for composing poems for children. Nissar Ahmed, once quoted as "he understood the minds of children, and their need. Some of his works have remained a challenge for translators even today".Rajarathnam wrote on Buddhism, Jainism and Islam. A road has been named after him in Bengaluru, of the state.
Personal life Rajarathnam was born in 1909, in Gundlupet, Chamrajnagar, Karnataka. His ancestors belonged to Tirukkanapur agrahara of Tamil Nadu's Naga city. They migrated to Mysore, Karnataka in 1906.Rajarathnam's wives were Lalithamma and Seethamma.
Career Rajarathnam wrote 230 works in 338 publications including books such as ''Rathnana Padagalu'' ''(Meaning: Ratna's words)'' and ''Nagana Padagalu'' ''(Meaning: Naga's words)'', and children's poems such as ''Nayi Mari Nayi Mari'' ''(Meaning: Puppy dog, puppy dog)'', ''Bannadha Thagadina Thuthoori'' ''(Meaning: Colorful metalfoil trumpet)'' and ''Ondhu-Yeardu'' ''(Meaning: One-Two)''. His works were known to be a confluence of all religions. He was the teacher of Kannada poet Dr.Shivarudrappa.
Bibliography BookYearPublisherRef''Sūryamitra modalāda Jainara kategaḷu''(Meaning: Suryamitra and othe jainites' tales)  1975  Sapna book house,Bengaluru  ''Hattu varuṣa''(Meaning: Ten years)  1939  Manōhara Grantha Prakāśana SamitiDhāravāḍa  ''Namma Oḍeyara kathegaḷu''(Meaning: Our kings' stories)  1974   Sṭyāṇḍarḍ Book ḌipōBengaluru  ''Cakravarti vajra''(Meaning: Cakravarthi's Vajra)  1974   Śrī Rājaratnaṃ Baḷaga,Bengaluru  ''Nāgana padagaḷu''  1952  Karnāṭaka Saṅgha,Bengaluru  ''Ratnana padagaḷu''  1945  Satyaśōdhana Prakāṭana Mandira,Bengaluru  ''Śānti''(Meaning: Female saint)  1934  Rāma Mōhana Kampeni,Bengaluru  ''Śrīmān Ḍi. Vi. Ji. avaru citrisiruva Śrī Rāmacandra Prabhu''(Meaning: Sri Ramachandra Prabhu as pictured by D. V. Gundappa (DVG))   1977  Videha,Bengaluru  ''Hanigaḷu''(Meaning: Drops)   1933  Karṇāṭaka Saṅgha,Śivamogga  ''Kailāsaṃ nenapu mattu Kailāsa kathana''(Meaning: Kailasam memories and kailasa stories)   1948  Ji. Pi. Rājaratnaṃ,Bengaluru  ''Mahākavi puruṣa Sarasvati''(Meaning: Great poet Sarasvathi)   1940  Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭaṇa Mandiraivaru idannu māruvaru,Bengaluru  ''Svatantrabhāratada Aśōkacakra dhvaja''(Meaning: Independent India's Ashoka Chakra flag)   1948  Hind Kitābs,Bombāyi  ''Śrī Harṣa''   1936  Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira,Bengaluru  ''Nanna Jainamatadharmasāhityasēve''(Meaning: My literature work on Jain religion)   1994  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa,Bengaluru  ''Gautama Buddha''  1936   Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira,Bengaluru  ''Yēsu Krista''(Meaning: Jesus Christ)  1941  Bi. Bi. Ḍi. Pavar Pres,Bengaluru  ''Gaṇḍugoḍali mattu Sambhavāmi yugē yugē''  1968  ''-NA-''  ''Narakada nyāya modalāda nālku nāṭakagaḷu''(Meaning: Justice of hell and four other dramas)  2008  Sapna book house,Bengaluru  ''Vīramārtaṇḍa Cāvuṇḍarāya''  1974  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa,Bengaluru  ''Pampabhārata sāra emba Pampana Vikramārjuna vijayasaṅgrahada Hosagannaḍa gadyānuvāda''(Meaning: Pampa's Vikramarjuna vijaya collection's prosetranslation called Pampabharatha's essence)  1948  Hind Kitābs,Bombāyi  ''Ratnana dōsti ratna, atava, Bēvārsiya barāvu''(Meaning: Ratna's friend ratna (gem) or orphan's sweat)  1934  Rāma Mōhana Kampeni,Bengaluru  ''Dharma, sāhitya, dr̥ṣṭi''(Meaning: Religion, literature, view)  1937  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Bengaluru  ''Sarvadēvanamaskāra''(Meaning: Salutations to all gods)  1970  ''-NA-''  ''Saṃsa kaviya Vigaḍa Vikrama carita''(Meaning: Samsa's sarcastic courage epic)  1948  Mārāṭagāraru SatyaśōdhanaPustaka Bhaṇḍāra in Beṇgaḷūru  ''Vicārataraṅga''(Meaning: Creepy shape wave)  1967  ''-NA-''  ''Rannana rasaghaṭṭa emba Rannana Gadāyuddha kāvyasaṅgrahada hosagannada gadyānuvāda''(Meaning: Ranna’s Gadhayuddha poetry collection(in new-kannada) prose translation called, Ranna's juicy time)  1948  Hind Kitābs,Bombāyi  ''Dharmadāni Buddha''(Meaning: Religion donator Buddha)   1933  Rāma Mōhana Kampeni, Beṇgaḷūru  ''Cuṭaka''  1940  Prōgres Buk Sṭāl,Maisūru . ''Vicāra raśmi''(Meaning: Creepy shaped rays)  1985  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa,Beṅgaḷūru   ''Śrī Sāyicintana''(Meaning: Sathya Sai Baba thoughts)  1969  Vidēha,Beṅgaḷūru   ''Svārasya''(Meaning: Interesting)  1993  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa,Beṅgaḷūru   ''Kailāsa kathana, athavā, Guṇḍū bhaṇḍāra mathana''(Meaning: Kailasa story or Gundu repository thinking)  1945  Bi. Bi. Ḍi. Pavar Pres,Beṅgaḷūru   ''Śr̥ṅgāravallari''(Meaning: Decorated Vallari)  1973  ''-NA-''   ''Namma nagegāraru''(Meaning: Our comedians)  ''-NA-''  Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira,Bengaluru  ''Mātina malli''(Meaning: Lady speech expert)  1951  Ānand Bradars,Bengaluru  ''Śri Kailāsam avara Ēkalavya''(Meaning: Kailasam's novel Ekalavya) 1969  ''-NA-''  ''Kariya kambaḷi mattu itara kategaḷu''(Meaning: Black blanket and other stories) 1951  Ānand Bradars,Bengaluru  ''Apakathā vallari''  1939  Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira,Bengaluru  ''Kavi Gōvinda Pai''(Meaning: Poet Govinda Pai) 1949  Jīvana Kāryālaya,Bengaluru  ''Boppaṇa Paṇḍita racisiruva Gommaṭajinastuti''(Meaning: Boppaṇa Paṇḍita structured Gommaṭa Jain praise)  1974  s.n.,Bengaluru  ''Tuttūri''(Meaning: Trumpet) 1940   Prōgres Buk SṭālMaisūru  ''Nanna Śrīvaiṣṇava kaiṅkarya''(Meaning: My Vaishnava infrastructure)  1971  ''-NA-''  ''Kandana kāvyamāle''(Meaning: Baby's poem garland) 2008  Sapna book house,Bengaluru  ''Kannaḍada sētuve''(Meaning: Kannada's bridge) 1971  Videha,Bengaluru  ''Nanna nenapina bīru''(Meaning: My memories cupboard) 1998  Kannaḍa Saṅgha, Bengaluru  ''Cīnādēśada Bauddha yātrikaru''(Meaning: China country's Buddhist travellers) 1932  Kannaḍa Saṅgha,Bengaluru  ''Nītiratnakaraṇḍa''  1971  ''-NA-''  ''Nūru puṭāṇi''(Meaning: 100 child) 1940  Bi. Bi. Ḍi. Pavar Pres,Bengaluru  ''Snēhada dīpa''(Meaning: Friendship's lamp)  1972  ''-NA-''  ''Śrī Bāhubali vijayaṃ ''(Meaning: Baahubali's triumph) 1953   Gōkhale SārvajanikaVicārasaṃstheya VyāsaṅgaGōnsṭhi,Beṅgaḷūru   ''Citrāṅgadā citrakūṭa''  1949  ''-NA-''  ''Kallina kāmaṇṇa''(Meaning: Stone's kamanna ) 1952  Ānand Bradars,Bengaluru   ''Kallusakkare''(Meaning: Sugarstones)  1935  Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira,Bengaluru  ''Buddhana kālada tīrthakarū tīrthakararū''(Meaning: Buddha era's monks) 1937  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa,Bengaluru  ''Nūru varṣaṣagaḷa accumeccu''(Meaning: 100 years’ favourite) 1971  ''-NA-''  ''Śrī Gōmaṭēśvara''(Meaning: Gommateshwara) 1938  Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa,Bengaluru   ''Nakkaḷā tāyi''(Meaning: Smiled that mother) 1944  Manōhara Grantha Prakāśana SamitiDhāravāḍa  ''Śakārana śārōṭu mattu itara dr̥śyagaḷu''(Meaning: Sankara's carriage and other views) 1943  Kannaḍa Saṅgha,Bengaluru  ''Japānina Himagiri mattu itara kavanagaḷu''(Meaning: Japan’s mist mountains and other poems) 1971  ''-NA-''
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