
He wrote the bālavyākaraṇamu ( Children's Grammar), a textbook for teaching Telugu grammar in schools. It was published by Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons in Chennai. More than a third of his life span was spent in teaching Telugu in schools and in the Presidency college, Madras.Ĭhinnayasuri translated the first two books of the Sanskrit Panchatantra into Telugu, entitling his translation the nīticaṃdrika. He was acclaimed as a profound scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit in the traditional education. He was a Pundit in the Sanskrit, Telugu, Prakrit, and Tamil languages. He also worked as a law scholar for the Supreme Court of East India Company. He worked as a Telugu teacher at Pachaiyappa's College in Madras. Suri was born in a Satani family as the son of Venkata Rangayya, a Vaishnavite Scholar.

He was born in 1806/7 in Perambur of Chengalpattu district and died in 1861/2.

He was the first Telugu Pandit at the Presidency College, Madras. Paravastu Chinnayasuri (1806/7–1861/2) (Telugu: పరవస్తు చిన్నయ సూరి) was a Telugu writer who played a prominent role in the elevation of prose to importance in Telugu literature. Paravastu Venkataranga Ramanujacharyulu and Srinivasamba (parents)

Sriperumbdur, Madras Presidency, British India
