Kurissery Gopala Pillai
| Kurissery Gopala Pillai | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 3, 1914 Panmana, Kollam, Travancore |
| Died | May 5, 1978 (aged 64) Panmana, Kerala, India |
| Education | Sastry, Upadhyaya |
| Spouse(s) | Saudamini Amma |
| Children | 2 daughters and 2 sons. |
Kurissery Gopala Pillai was an orientalist, researcher, lexicographer, poet, essayist, grammarian and scholar of Malayalam and Sanskrit languages. He specialised in Comparative study of languages.
He was born to Cheruvilayil Padmanabha Pillai and L. Kalyani Amma on 3 March 1914 at Panmana in Kollam district. He married P. Soudamini Amma in 1943. He is survived by two daughters and two sons.
He did his schooling in Panmana Manayil High School and later joined the H.H The Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram. He had five years of sanskrit study before joining the college. From Sanskrit College, he passed the Sastry and completed Upadhyaya courses.
Gopala Pillai started his professional career as Headmaster of Sanskrit schools at Perumbuzha (1934) and Panmana (1935). From 1938 to '42, he was the headmaster of Brahmanandodayam Sanskrit School run by Advaithashramam in Kalady. He was also the secretary of the Hindu Youth Service Society which was presided over by Swami Agamananda, social reformer and founder of Advaita Ashram at Kalady. During 1944-'45, he enrolled to military service and traveled across North India.
Later he worked as Malayalam Lexicon Pandit at University of Kerala (1954–61) and as research officer at Oriental Research Institute and Manuscript Library of the University of Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram (1961–71). He served as the president of Malayalam Sahitya Samsat from 1966 to 1972 and worked in Kerala Sahitya Sahakarana Sanghom (1967–70). He was also a member of Kavimandalam.
Gopala Pillai who was a versatile writer in Malayalam has written books in Sanskrit as well. He had knowledge of Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Kannada languages too. His works spanned several genres covering both poetry and prose and covered diverse topics.
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