[Advaita-l] Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavindrulu - A VISHISHTAADVAITIN TURNED ADVAITIN

[Venkata sriram P]

Namaste,

The Wikipedia says:

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His biographer and first disciple Lanka Sundararama Sastri had written in his book that Rama Rao was initiated into spirituality at the age of 14.[10] 
As a consequence of his initiation into spiritual realm, Rama Rao has changed his name from 'Rao' to 'Raya'.
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Infact, the sanskrit version for 'Rao' is रायः.  Even, the name of great shAkta was 'Bhaskar Rao' 
and the sanskritised version became भास्कररायः.

On a lighter vein - the 'bellamkonda' would become गुडशैलः as bellam means jaggery and konda means mountain in telugu.

So, the sanskritised name would be गुडशैल रामराय कविः :))

rgs,
sriram