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Parvathi Sankaran, born in 1934 in Kerala, studied in Madras in Stella Maris and Queen Mayt's Colleges and gained a graduate degree in Economics with Sanskrit as second language. A keen student of the language, she took considerable interest in studying, mostly on her own, Narayaneekyam, Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Geeta, Religion and Vedanta. She was an ardent devotee of Guruvayurappan and conducted Narayaneeyam classes for many years. Her contribution to this compilation was immense, but, sadly, she passed away before it was completed.

G.Sankaran, born in 1930 in kerala, is post graduate in Chemistry from the University College, Tiruvananthapuram. He joined the Indian Customs Service in 1953 and held several senior positions and retired as the President of the Customs, Excise and Gold Appellate Tribunal. Sanskrit was his second language in school and college. He also holds a superior Diploma in French from the Alliance Francaise. Both along with two others, were co-authors of an English version of the scholarly Malayalam Bhaktaranjini commentary on Naranyaneeyam.