Background
He was born to Cheruvilayil Padmanabha Pillai and L. Kalyani Amma on 3 March 1914 at Panmana in Kollam district.
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Kurissery Gopala Pillai
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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.
Career
He specialised in Comparative study of languages. Gopala Pillai started his professional career as Headmaster of schools at Perumbuzha (1934) and Panmana (1935). From 1938 to "42, he was the headmaster of Brahmanandodayam School run by Advaithashramam in Kalady.
During 1944-"45, he enrolled to military service and traveled across North India.
Later he worked as Lexicon Pandit at University of Kerala (1954-1961) and as research officer at Oriental Research Institute and Manuscript Library of the University of Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram (1961-1971). He served as the president of Sahitya Samsat from 1966 to 1972 and worked in Kerala Sahitya Sahakarana Sanghom (1967-1970).
Gopala Pillai who was a versatile writer in has written books in as well. He had knowledge of Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Kannada languages too.
Kerala Gauthameeyam is one of the important works in on Tarka sastra.
Originally published in 1959, it was re-published in 2013 by Kerala Bhasha Institute. "Vidyadhirajan" is the biography of Chattampi Swamikal. "Udayakiranangal" was prescribed as text book for graduate courses of University of Kerala during 1970s.
"Vijayalahari" is a collection of poems celebrating Indian victory in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
He has also compiled "Sabdavaijayanthi", a - dictionary.
Achievements
Membership
He was also a member of Kavimandalam.
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March 5, 1978 (aged 64)
Awards
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He was referred by the title 'Kerala Gauthaman' for his contributions in familiarising Tarka sastra in Malayalam. The book "Kerala Gauthameeyam Tharkasastram" was honoured by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi. He was awarded by the Prime Minister of India and Kerala State Government.He was referred by the title 'Kerala Gauthaman' for his contributions in familiarising Tarka sastra in Malayalam. The book "Kerala Gauthameeyam Tharkasastram" was honoured by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi. He was awarded by the Prime Minister of India and Kerala State Government.