Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavindrulu (1875-1914) is a poet, scholar and a philosopher Being a Sanskrit scholar, he had written nearly 148 classic works in Sanskrit in a short span of 39 years he lived. For various reasons, most of his classics vanished in the course of time. Today only 45 are available.While some are available in part, remaining is available full length. Known among Sanskrit scholars as a strong proponent of Advaita siddhanta (theory) of Adi Shankara, Ramaraya Kavi's philosophical interpretations and dialectics of logical disputation of Advaita system of thought earned him the name Apara Adi Shankara which means—Ramaraya Kavi is another incarnation of Adi Shankara. He is also a Yogi from a very young age following his inititiation into spirituality by Lord Hayagreeva, as claimed by his first disciple Lanka Sundararama Sastri.

Atmanatm vivekasya apeksha, Yatvasya shastr prati padyadvam.