Kapali Sastry

Kapali Sastry (3 September 1886 in Mylapore – 17 August 1953 in Pondicherry) was an eminent Sanskrit scholar, author, translator and disciple of Sri Aurobindo.

[1][2] Sastry was born in 1886 in a traditional Vedic family at Mylapore, Tamil Nadu.

At the age of twenty he came under the influence of Ganapati Muni, a prominent disciple of Ramana Maharshi and great scholar and poet, who passed on his vast knowledge and learning to Sastry.

The latter got deeply immersed in Vedic and Tantric studies and published books and articles in English, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit.

He studied deeply Sri Aurobindo's philosophy and writings, especially his interpretation of the Rig Veda which he explored comprehensively in several books.