ದಾ. ಎಸ್ವಿ ದ್ಯಾ ಶಂಕರ್ (Dr. S. V. Vidyashankar)

Dr. S. V. Vidyashankar is a scholar of Kannada literature, specializing in the Veerashaiva tradition. He authored ವೀರಶೈವ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಚರಿತ್ರೆ (Veerashaiva Sahitya Charitra), a multi-volume historical survey of Veerashaiva literature in Kannada, published by Priyadarshini Prakashana, Bangalore.