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| Prof M. Hiriyanna |
Mysuru Hiriyanna, was born on 7 May
1871 in Mysore to parents Nanjundaiah and Lakshmidevi. They belonged to the ‘Uluchukamma’ sub sect of Brahmins – a community which had migrated
from Andhra Pradesh centuries ago and included the likes of Vidyaranya who was the founder of Vijayanagar Empire.
They hailed from the hamlet of Barigehalli near Chikkanayakanahalli in Tumkur
district. Hiriyanna was the sixth child and his younger brother (eighth child)
was M. N. Krishna Rao – who would later go on to become the Diwan (Acting) of Mysore under HH Jayachamarajendra
Wodeyar in 1941.
M. Hiriyanna was formally trained in
Sanskrit in Mysore under the tutelage of Perisamy Tirumalacharya (founder of
Sadvidya Patashala) and Kashi Sesharama Sastry.
He then went to Madras to
complete his B. A. and M. A. at Madras Christian College.
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