T. N. Srikantaiah
Tirthapura Nanjundaiah Shrikantaiah () (26 November 1906 – 7 September 1966), commonly known as    
Thee. Nam. Shree. (ತೀ. ನಂ. ಶ್ರೀ.), was an Indian Kannada literary poet, linguist and teacher.

Shrikantaiah was instrumental in preparing and publishing Kannada version of Constitution of India in 1952.

Early life
Shrikantaiah was born on 26 November 1906 in Teerthapura in Tumkur district to Nanjundiah and Bhageerathamma. His family were the descendants of the Kings of Hagalavadi. He received his B.A. in 1926 and an M.A. in English in 1929. He received an M.A. in the Kannada language from Mysore University later that year.

Works
His most famous work was a book titled Bharatiya Kavya Meemamse () about Indian poetics. This work was a thorough analysis of the relationship between 11th century Alankara poetry (Figure of speech) and India in prose and poetic forms. Thi Nam Sri's book delves into the tradition of Kavyalankara and related classical texts and asserts that Rasa-Dhvani principles are an integral part of this comparison of different streams of poetry.

He is credited for suggesting the term Rashtrapathi, a Sanskrit equivalent for President of India. When there was a discussion on the equivalent term for the President of Indian republic, as a member of Indian constitution council, it was he who suggested Rashtrapathi, a word with a similar connotation to President. The term was accepted unanimously and is still the term in use.

His poetry work of Olume () is a collection of poems on love, first of its kind in Kannada language.

Later life
He worked in an array of government offices and educational institutions, including the Karnataka University and the University of Mysore. He retired from government service in 1952. He received a Rockefeller scholarship in 1955 to pursue advanced studies of linguistics in the United States. He continued to work as a professor of Kannada until he died of a sudden heart attack in Kolkatta in 1966.

Literary works
 Bharatiya Kavya Meemamse
 Kannada Madhyama Vyakarana (grammar)
 Rakshasana Mudrike
 Olume (collection of poems)
 Nantaru
 Samalokana
 Pampa
 Kavya Sameekshe
 Gadāyuddhasaṅgraha (editor)
 Naṃbiyaṇṇana Ragaḷe of Harihara (editor)

Remembrances
The Department of Kannada and the Ti Nam Sri Birth Centenary Committee initiated a yearlong celebration of Shrikantaiah's life in 2006 to commemorate his birth centenary. This was done in coordination with a number of educational institutions including the Central Institute of Indian Languages in Mysore, Deccan College in Pune, and the Central Sahitya Academy in Delhi.

South End Circle Jayanagar Bangalore has a statue of Ti. Nam. Sri has been unveiled and park has been named after him.

See also
 Kannada language
 Kannada literature
 Kannada poetry

References

Kannada-language writers
Kannada poets
Hindu poets
Indian literary critics
1906 births
1966 deaths
People from Tumkur district
University of Mysore alumni
University of Mysore faculty
20th-century Indian poets
Indian male poets
Poets from Karnataka
20th-century Indian male writers