P. Srinivasa Rao

Dewan Bahadur P. Srinivasa Rao (alternative spellings: Shrinivasa Rao, Sreenivasa Row, Sreenevas Row, Srinavas Rao, etc.) was a Judge in the Court of Small Causes in Madras. In 1884 he was elected as Secretary and one of the Vice-Presidents of the Madras Theosophical Society, with T. Subba Row as the President. In 1885 he won the first Subba Row Medal.

P. Srinivasa Rao was present on the morning of June 24, 1890, when T. Subba Row attended his "last worldly business" before he died.

Theost y1906 v27 March+ p32 - obituary - P Srinivasa Row -- HS Olcott

Letters from the Master

Judge Srinivasa Rao received at least three letters from Master K.H. in February-March 1884, in Adyar, while the Founders were away.

One of them was on February 17, while Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott were in Bombay. This letter was precipitated on Babaji's desk and directed Srinivasa Rao to work on the spreading of Sanskrit literature and to assume the superintendence of the Triplicane Sanscrit School.

On March 4, he felt exceedingly miserable due to certain domestic afflictions. He went to Adyar, and on seeing Damodar K. Mavalankar said he wished to see the Shrine where the portrait of the Master was kept. There, a consoling letter was precipitated avising him to take courage and explaining that "the laws of Karma were inevitable".

The third letter was received on March 25, 1884 in answer to one of his that had been placed the day before in the Shrine.

Writings

Srinivasa Rao wrote a number of articles in The Theosophist with the spelling of P. Sreenevas Row:

• December 1882, vol. 4, p. 56 - Observations of PSR, of Madras, on the existing system of Education in the Government Schools.

• May 1883, vol. 4 p. 192 - Mystic Lore - Reading a sealed Envelope.

• Supplement, June 1884, vol. 5, p. 90 - The Madras Theosophical Society [election of officers; resolutions passed]

• Supplement, June 1884, vol. 5, p. 90 - The Madras Theosophical Sanscrit Schools (all four Madras schools inspected).

• Supplement, August 1884, vol. 5, p. 113 - Phenomenal.

• Supplement, November 1884, vol. 6, p. 151 - The Madras TS [resolution expressing confidence in Blavatsky despite the allegations made against her] -- T Subba Row & P Sreenivasa Row

• October 1885, vol. 7, p. 53 - Light on the Path (1)

• November 1885, vol. 7, p. 113, - Light on the Path (2)

• December 1885 v7, p. 192 - Light on the Path (3)

• January 1886, vol. 7, p. 260 - Light on the Path (4)

• February 1886, vol. 7, p. 321 - Light on the Path (5)

• March 1886, vol. 7, p. 392 - Light on the Path (6)

• November 1886, vol. 8, p. 87 - Sapta-Bhumika (1) A Romance of Human Life in Seven Aspects

• December 1886, vol. 8, p. 178 - Sapta-Bhumika (2)

• January 1887, vol. 8, p. 243 - Sapta-Bhumika (3)

• February 1887, vol. 8, p. 292 - Sapta-Bhumika (4)

• March 1887, vol. 8, p. 370 - Sapta-Bhumika (5)

• May 1896, vol. 17, p. 485 - Never Despair