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| birth_date    = 1861
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| death_date    = 14 July 1934 (aged 73)
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| occupation    = Professor and writer
| language      = English and Tamil (writing languages), French, Japanese, Pali, Telugu and Sanskrit
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| alma_mater    = Madras Christian College
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| genre         = Education, Literature, Religion and Science
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| notableworks  = The Essence of Buddhism (1907) 
| spouse        = {{•}}Rukmini Ammal<br />
{{•}}Ramarathnam Ammal
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| children      = son: Venkat <br/>daughter: Veerlaxmi
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'''Pokala Laxkshmi Narasu''' (1861 – 14 July 1934), sometimes known as '''P. L. Narasu''' or '''P. Laxkshmi Narasu''', was an [[India|Indian]] [[Academia|scholar]], [[author]], [[Social reform|social reformer]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[philosopher]]. He was a [[professor]] of [[Physics]].  His research papers have been [[Publishing|published]] in science [[Journal|journals]]. He worked mainly on [[dynamics]]. 

== Personal life ==
Narasu was born in 1861 to a rich family. His father was Pokla Chellum Narayanguru. He was a prominent lawyer at the [[Madras High Court]]. Narasu had one sister named Andal Ammal. He also had three brothers named Krishnaswamy, Ramanujan and Bhashyam. In 1911, Ramanujan and Bhashyam died in a [[train]] accident. Narasu's first wife was Rukmini Ammal. She was also active in public life through a Women’s Welfare Association. 

They had ten children, but only two survived. These two children were their son Venkat and daughter VeerlaxLakshmi. Venkat died in [[Paris]] while he was studying. Narasu's wife died soon after. In 1925 Narasu married Ramarathnam Ammal, a [[widow]], as per [[Buddhist culture|Buddhist rite]] in the Perambur Viyaram.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Religion of modern Buddhist|last=Narasu|first=P. L.|publisher=Samyak Prakashan, New Delhi|year=2002|isbn=978-81-98524-70-8|location=Delhi|pages=IX|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keetru.com/dalithmurasu/feb07/aloysious.php|title=Dalithmurasu {(contracted; show full)== External links==
* [https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany-the-essential-buddhist/article2079228.ece Madras miscellany: The ‘Essential Buddhist' (''The Hindu'')]

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