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Pancha Sahasravadhani Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry : పంచ సహస్రావధాని జంధ్యాల సుబ్రమణ్యశాస్త్రి  (1892 - 1980) A renowned scholar in Sanskrit and Telugu literature who accomplished a rare literary feat of Pancha Sahasra Avadhanam (పంచ సహస్రావధానం). His works include Andhra Samrajyam (ఆంధ్ర సామ్రాజ్యం), Salankara Krishnadevarayalu(సాలంకార కృష్ణదేవరాయలు), Kesavendra Vilasam (కేశవేంద్ర విలాసం), Veerachala Kshetra Mahatyam (వీరాచల క్షేత్రమహత్య్మం), Ratnalashmi Satapatram (రత్నలక్ష్మీ శతపత్రము), Andhra Nighantu Triyamu (ఆంధ్ర నిఘంటుత్రయము) etc. He was honoured with titles like Kavikisora (కవికిశోర), Avadhana Phaneendra (అవధాన ఫణీంద్ర), Sahasravadhanaadwadarsi (సహస్రావధానాద్వదర్శి), Sahasravadhana Chaturaanana (సహస్రావధాన చరురానన). Avadhanam (అవధానం) is defined as "చిత్తైకాగ్రం అవధానం" in Kavyalankara Sutravritti (సూత్రవృత్తి) by Vamana. Avadhanam is using high levels of concentration to respond to multiple tasks simultaneously. As a literary performance, అవధానం primarily involves composing poems spontaneously based on the context provided by queriers(పృఛ్ఛకులు). The number of people posing queries can be 8 (అష్టావధానం) or 100 (శతావధానం) or multiples of hundreds based on the capabilities of the అవధాని. While it is a significant achievement to sucessfully perform అష్టావధానం or శతావధానం (8 or 10), to do సహస్రావధానం(1000) is truely outstanding. Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry has accomplished not only several సహస్రావధానములు but also పంచ సహస్రావధానములు (5000).

Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry hails from Kalavapamula village in Krisha District, Andhra Pradesh. He was a disciple of Thirupati Venkata Kavulu. Prior to independence of India, he visited many Samsthanams like Gadwal, Kollapur, Gopalpet, Daivamdinne etc. He worked as "Parikshadhikari" in Gadwal samsthanam during the reign of Adi Lakshmi Devi. In the year 1962, Dr. Adusumilli Narayana Rao, founder of Andhra Nalanda Sanstha in Gudivada, has adorned him with Kanakabhishekam. He continued his literary pursuits till 1977. Some of his books available in Kakinada, Machilipatnam and Ongole District Central libraries, and manuscripts are available in Oriental Manuscripts library and research institute, Tarnaka, Hyderabad.