There is a need to bring the wisdom of the sages enshrined in our epics and scriptures and interpret it in such a way that the young will sit up and take notice of it. It requires tact, discipline, commitment and competence in addition to insightful command of the subject under discussion. The author has all the needful qualifications to do this. He made a deep study of all the relevant works focusing on Hanuman with devotion as well as with a scientific approach.

Hanuman is divine as well as a devotee and is universally worshipped by all classes of people. He is one endowed with sharp intellect, strength, courage and a marvellous personality. He is a scholar and a wise counsellor, skilled in conducting negotiations and cementing personal relationships.

The author analysed the above virtues from a modern management perspective and personality development. His scientific background has stood him in good stead in this. This monograph has enviable clarity and simplicity. It is effective in presenting different points of view. The readers who cherish the native wisdom and its use in the present time will surely find this useful.

Nadiminty Sriram, i.e. Prof. Dr. Nadiminty Sreeramachandra Sastry is a great great grandson of Sri Sarvamangaleswara Sastry (1759-1839), a well-known Sanskrit grammarian and author of many Sanskrit grammar texts.

Nadiminty Sriram has written the book after considerable study of many relevant works and discussions with scholars. N. Sriram is a (eterinarian and Livestock Production Management specialist of repute in India and abroad and author of many books on the subject. He is deeply interested in the study of Sanskrit language and spiritual literature from the present day context; always learning as a humble pupil under the able guidance of his spiritual Guru-"Vaachaspathi, Sarvagnyasekhara, Vyaakarana-alankaara Chakravarthi" revered Aachaarya Sri Appalla Someswara Sarma, D.Lit., former Professor of Sanskrit in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

A devotee of Lord Sri Rama and Hanuman, he has recently compiled, under the guidance of his Guru and published Sarvamanga sarvasvamu-a big work on the life and Sanskrit grammar works of Sri Sarvamangaleswara Sastry in Telugu. N. Sriram has also developed in English Sankarabodhaamritam (also published by B.R. Publishing Corporation), a philosophical treatise based on his Guru's magnum opus Prasthaanatryam in Telugu. He is the recipient of the Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of Government of India and a Fellow of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

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