INTRODUCTION A. Life and Works Professor K. Satchidananda Murty was bom on 25th September 1924 to Sri K. Veerabhadraiah, a religious minded landlord and his devoted wife Ratnamma in Sangam Jagarlamudi near Tenali in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The railway line, which connects Kalkota and Chennai on the East Coast o f India, passes through the Tenali town, which is the nearest railway station to Sangam Jagarlamudi. Etemologically, Satchidananda Murty means 'the form of truth, reality and bliss.' It is the other name for Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent God, Brahman described in the Upanishads. In the childhood of Satchidananda Murty, it is learned that his father and grandparents used to call him affectionately 'Devudiah ' or 4Devudu' (God) and his friends 'Anandam ' (joy). 1 Satchidananda Murty has been given primary education at his residence. Sri Sangameswara Rao, a childhood friend o f Satchidananda.