Poola Tirupati Raju

Indian writer (1904–1992)

Poolla Tirupati Raju
Born	3 September 1904 British India
Died	8 December 1992
Occupation(s)	Writer Philosopher Academic
Known for	Indian philosophy
Awards	Padma Bhushan

Poolla Tirupati Raju (3 September 1904 – 8 December 1992) was an Indian writer, philosopher, academic and a former professor of Jaswant College, Jodhpur (present day Jai Narain Vyas University.^[1] He was the author of several books, both in English and Telugu, on Indian philosophy and literature.^[2]^[3] His publications include Structural Depths of Indian Thought^[4] Telugu Literature,^[5] The Philosophical Traditions of India^[6] Introduction to Comparative Philosophy^[7] and Idealistic Thought of India.^[8] He was the editor of The Concept of Man: A Study in Comparative Philosophy, written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.^[9] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1958, for his contributions to Literature and education.^[10]

He played an important part in the modern development of comparative philosophy and brought out Indian philosophy to the attention of the American academy.^[11]

Selected bibliography

Poolla Tirupati Raju (1953). Idealistic Thought of India. Harvard University Press. p. 454. OCLC 3615962.
Poolla Tirupati Raju (1944). Telugu Literature. Internat. Book House. p. 154.
Poolla Tirupati Raju (1962). Introduction to Comparative Philosophy. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 364. OCLC 372601.
Poolla Tirupati Raju (1972). The Philosophical Traditions of India. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780822911050.
Poolla Tirupati Raju (1985). Structural Depths of Indian Thought. State University of New York Press. pp. 599. ISBN 9780887061394.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Author), Poolla Tirupati Raju (Editor) (2011). The Concept of Man: A Study in Comparative Philosophy. Literary Licensing. p. 382. ISBN 9781258007546. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

References

^ "Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 1958. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ "Raju, P. T. (Poolla Tirupati)". WorldCat identities. 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ "P. T. Raju (1904–1992)". LibraryThing. 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ Poola Tirupati Raju (1985). Structural Depths of Indian Thought. State University of New York Press. pp. 599. ISBN 9780887061394.
^ Poola Tirupati Raju (1944). Telugu Literature. Internat. Book House. p. 154.
^ Poola Tirupati Raju (1972). The Philosophical Traditions of India. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780822911050. OCLC 482322.
^ Poola Tirupati Raju (1962). Introduction to Comparative Philosophy. University of Nebraska Press. p. 364. OCLC 372601.
^ Poola Tirupati Raju (1953). Idealistic Thought of India. Harvard University Press. p. 454. OCLC 3615962.
^ Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Author), Poola Tirupati Raju (Editor) (2011). The Concept of Man: A Study in Comparative Philosophy. Literary Licensing. p. 382. ISBN 9781258007546. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ Nalini Bhushan; Jay L. Garfield (2011). Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence. Oxford University Press. p. 426. doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199769261.003.0023. ISBN 9780199769261 – via Oxford Scholarship Online.