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LIFE AND WORKS OF RAJACŪDĀMAŅI
DĪKŞITA
THE sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the his-
tory of South India witnessed a large number of emi-
nent Sanskrit poets and philosophers. That period was,
to say the least, the golden age of Sanskrit revival in
recent times. Most of the important writers of South
India flourished during this period 1500-1700. The
names of Appayya Dīkṣita, Nilakantha Dikṣita, Govinda
Dīkşita, Yajñanārāyaṇa Dīkşita, Venkatesa Dīkṣita,
Samarapungava Dikṣita, Srinivasa Dīkṣita, Rājacūḍā-
mani Dīksita, etc., are a few among the most famous.
Volumes would be necessary to record the greatness and
literary accomplishments of each of these writers.
Within the limited compass of this introduction we can
only briefly refer to the salient points in their literary
career.
Before referring to the works of these writers, a
word has to be said regarding the
political conditions of the Toṇḍaiman-
dala and Tanjore in their age. In these
places the Nayaka chiefs were then very powerful. These
Political History
of South India.
DĪKŞITA
THE sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the his-
tory of South India witnessed a large number of emi-
nent Sanskrit poets and philosophers. That period was,
to say the least, the golden age of Sanskrit revival in
recent times. Most of the important writers of South
India flourished during this period 1500-1700. The
names of Appayya Dīkṣita, Nilakantha Dikṣita, Govinda
Dīkşita, Yajñanārāyaṇa Dīkşita, Venkatesa Dīkṣita,
Samarapungava Dikṣita, Srinivasa Dīkṣita, Rājacūḍā-
mani Dīksita, etc., are a few among the most famous.
Volumes would be necessary to record the greatness and
literary accomplishments of each of these writers.
Within the limited compass of this introduction we can
only briefly refer to the salient points in their literary
career.
Before referring to the works of these writers, a
word has to be said regarding the
political conditions of the Toṇḍaiman-
dala and Tanjore in their age. In these
places the Nayaka chiefs were then very powerful. These
Political History
of South India.