The pandit Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das (31 August 1864 – 2 January 1945) was a poet, musician, dancer, linguist and philosopher of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in Ajjada village, near Bobbili, presently in Balijipeta mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

ఆదిభట్ల నారాయణదాసు Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu
Pandit Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu
Born	August 31, 1864 Ajjada, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh
Died	January 2, 1945(1945-01-02) (aged 80)
Occupation	Playwright, poet, musician
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Plays

He translated Lalithasahasranama in 'Natu' Telugu, or pure Telugu language. He was also the one who taught Ashtadhyayi to Swami Vivekananda during his extensive travel of India in July 1890.

References and external links

• Eminent Persons at vizianagaram.ap.nic.in
• Thoomati Donappa. Telugu Harikatha Sarvasvam. OCLC 13505520. (self published)
• Navarasa taranginhy, or beauties of Shakespeare and Kalidas, compared, criticised and translated into Telugu =: Navarasatarangini: Azzada Adibhatla Narayana Das. Vizianagram. 1922. OCLC 503923019.
• William Shakespeare; Kalidas; Ajjada Adibhatta Narayanadas (1979). Navarasa taranginhi ..., or, Beauties of Shakespeare and Kalidas (2nd ed.). OCLC 10105355. OL 4247564M.
• Omar Khayyam (1932). Rubāʻiyāt-i ʻUmar Khayyām [Rubâiyât of Omar Khaiyâm]. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald; Azzada Adibhatla Narayana Das. Bombay: British India Press. OCLC 9084826.
• Azzada Adibhatla Narayana Das; Oruganti Nīlakāntha Śāstrī (1975). Tallivinki : lalitāsahasaṛa nāmāchāndṛa padyavivruti (in Telugu). Guṇṭūru: K. Īśvararāvu. OCLC 10908920.
• Adibhatla Narayanadas (1975). Sarasvatha Neerajanamu (in Telugu). Rachaithala Sahakara Sangham. OCLC 284357938.
• Guṇḍavarapu Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa (1983). Narayana Darsanamu: A PhD thesis on the life and work of Pandit Srimadajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das.^{[full citation needed]}
• Harikathapitamaha Srimadajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasa Satajayantutsava Sanchika. 1967. Chirala. Samskruthi Samithi.^{[full citation needed]}
• Maruvada Venkata Chayanulu (1959). Srimadajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasa Jeevita Charitramu. Rajahmundry: Kondapalli Veeravenkaiah & Sons.^{[full citation needed]}
• Rallabandi, Kavitaprasad (2006). Avadhāna vidya, ārambha vikāsālu (1st ed.). Varaṅgallu: Sahr̥daya Sāhitya Saṃskr̥tika Saṃstha. OCLC 162119402.
• Yāmijāla Padmanābhasvāmi (1979). Pūrṇapuruṣuḍu : Harikatha pitāmaha Ajjāḍa Ādibhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇadāsu (in Telugu) (2nd ed.). Guṇṭūru: Jānsan. OCLC 74696629.
• P. Surya Rao (17 September 2010). "Harikatha exponent Adibhatla Narayana Das was fondly remembered". The Hindu.

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