Jaggu Vakulabhushana was an eminent Sanskrit poet and writer. [1] He was born Alwar Iyengar in 1902 at Chatraghosha near Melukote, India (Vakulabhushana was his pen name) and died in 1994. [2] He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his seminal work "Jayantika". [3] [4]