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Tradition has it that Appayya was the son-in-law
of Ratnakheta Dīkşita. This need not
i. Appayya Diksita.
militate against the fact that Appayya
married from the family of a Vaisnava gentleman for
he had two wives according to tradition. This marriage
of Appayya should have taken place while yet he was
young. The works of Appayya numbered more than
a hundred.¹
ii. Govinda Diksita².
Govinda Dikşita was a Karnataka Brāhmaṇa of
Vijayanagar. He became a domi-
cile in Tanjore, having come there
first during the reign of Cevvappa Nayaka. He was
the Minister of Cevvappa and continued to be in office
during the reign of two of his successors. It is Govinda
Dīkṣita that is said to have induced Appayya to write
the famous Parimala. Rājacūḍāmaņi refers to Govinda
Dīkşita in highly eulogistic terms in his Tantra-
sikhāmaņi. Govinda Dikṣita's
Dikşita's Harivamsasaracarita
extended over thirty cantoes and not three as remarked
by Prof. Heras, S. J. in his "Aravidu Dynasty of
Vijayanagar". (Page 522.)
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He is the son of Govinda Dīkṣita and author of
a kavya called Raghunathabhupa-
vijayam, and another work called
Şahityaratnākara. Rājacūḍā maņi
refers to the former in his Anandarāghava thus:
iii. Yajnanarayana
Diksita.
For further particulars about Appayya, refer to the Journal
of Oriental Research, Vol. II.
S
There is an excellent article on Govinda Dīkşita in the
Quarterly Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society by
Mr. N. K. Venkatesan.
Tradition has it that Appayya was the son-in-law
of Ratnakheta Dīkşita. This need not
i. Appayya Diksita.
militate against the fact that Appayya
married from the family of a Vaisnava gentleman for
he had two wives according to tradition. This marriage
of Appayya should have taken place while yet he was
young. The works of Appayya numbered more than
a hundred.¹
ii. Govinda Diksita².
Govinda Dikşita was a Karnataka Brāhmaṇa of
Vijayanagar. He became a domi-
cile in Tanjore, having come there
first during the reign of Cevvappa Nayaka. He was
the Minister of Cevvappa and continued to be in office
during the reign of two of his successors. It is Govinda
Dīkṣita that is said to have induced Appayya to write
the famous Parimala. Rājacūḍāmaņi refers to Govinda
Dīkşita in highly eulogistic terms in his Tantra-
sikhāmaņi. Govinda Dikṣita's
Dikşita's Harivamsasaracarita
extended over thirty cantoes and not three as remarked
by Prof. Heras, S. J. in his "Aravidu Dynasty of
Vijayanagar". (Page 522.)
@
He is the son of Govinda Dīkṣita and author of
a kavya called Raghunathabhupa-
vijayam, and another work called
Şahityaratnākara. Rājacūḍā maņi
refers to the former in his Anandarāghava thus:
iii. Yajnanarayana
Diksita.
For further particulars about Appayya, refer to the Journal
of Oriental Research, Vol. II.
S
There is an excellent article on Govinda Dīkşita in the
Quarterly Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society by
Mr. N. K. Venkatesan.