Sri Appayya Dikshita ( 1520 - 1593 ) by Dr.Ramesan - A review.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was a beacon light who belonged to the prosperous sixteenth century India. He was a great scholar and spiritual leader who was known for his balanced approach. A number of scholars and historians have done great service by sharing details about Sri Appayya Dikshita through their works, however the book by Dr.N.Ramesan M.A., Ph.D., I.A.S. (Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh) published by Srimad Appayya Dikshitendra Granthavali Prakasana Samithi in Hyderabad during the year 1972 tops the list.The author most respectfully dedicates his monumental work to His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathy Swamigal, the Sankaracharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was a beacon light who belonged to the prosperous sixteenth century India. He was a great scholar and spiritual leader who was known for his balanced approach. A number of scholars and historians have done great service by sharing details about Sri Appayya Dikshita through their works, however the book by Dr.N.Ramesan M.A., Ph.D., I.A.S. (Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh) published by Srimad Appayya Dikshitendra Granthavali Prakasana Samithi in Hyderabad during the year 1972 tops the list.The author most respectfully dedicates his monumental work to His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathy Swamigal, the Sankaracharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.
The hard bound book was discovered from the collection of Advocate Vaidyanathakrishnan who was known for his thorough knowledge of music, taxes and our scriptures. Vaidyanathakrishnan was associated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan at Coimbatore for a number of years. The Barrister - at - Law, C.R.Pattabhiraman of Chennai has rendered a marvellous " Foreword" for this book.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva and has authored over 104 works during his 73 years of life. Sri Acharya Dikshita or Sri Achan Dikshita, the grandfather of Sri Appayya Dikshita was also known as Vakshastala Acharya. He was a preceptor to Sri Krishna Deva Raya and the "Vakshastala Dikshita" title was conferred by the Emperor after listening to verse by Acharya Dikshita during a visit to the Kanchipuram Sri Varadaraja temple.Being the court poet Acharya Dikshita composes a verse wherein he states that even Lord Varadaraja, on seeing the Queen, who was standing before the Lord with golden lustre and splendour, just like Mahalakshmi, wanted to make sure, whether his own divine consort Lakshmi, was by his side or not,and therefore he bowed his head slightly to look at his Vakshastala, where the goddess is said to reside. Acharya Dikshita got married to a Vaishnavaite lady Thotambi as it was not uncommon to marry people belonging to various religious denominations provided they were branches of the huge banyan known as " Sanatana Dharma ". In due course Rangaraja Dikshita, the son of Acharya Dikshita had a son called Sri Appayya Dikshita who was born due to the grace of Lord Nataraja.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was given a thorough academic brought up by his father Sri Rangaraja Dikshita who had given away his fortune after performing the Viswajit sacrifice. The young lad was quick to assimilate knowledge due to the grace of Lord Margasahayeswara and goddess Marakatavalli at Virinchipuram near Vellore.He married Mangalanayaki, the daughter of the famous Ratnaketa Dikshita whose spouse too happened to be a great poet. The wedding took place due to the grace of Lord Ekambara and Goddess Kamakshi. Chinna Bhomma, the ruler of Vellore was a great patron of Sri Appayya Dikshita and he had performed a "Kanakabhishekham" in recognition of his contribution. A number of tours, discussions and debates were undertaken by Sri Appayya Dikshita and his undertakings were always successful. In spite of being a Shaivaite and an Advaiti, Sri Appayya Dikshita was quite tolerant of other faiths and he gave them their due. He firmly believed that his likes should not result in dislikes towards other faiths. The literary works of Sri Appayya Dikshita stand as evidence for this noble trait in him. His admiration for Vedanta Desika, the Naya Mayukha Malika of his on the Ramanuja Sampradayam is used as a reference book by Visishtadvaitis show his impartial approach. Similarly his work Nyaya Muktavali is used as a reference book on Dwaita Sampradaya which was propounded by Acharya Madhwa.
Among the 104 works of Sri Appayya Dikshita it's his Sri Varadarajastava which stands tall and resplendent. It looks as if Sri Dikshita purposely made a jewelled garland offering to deck the deity with, having made the fascinating beauty of the deity the subject of his work. His Atmasamarpana Stuti was composed after consuming the intoxicating juice of the datura fruit. It was on this occasion, he directed his disciples to write down his 'prattle' and out came a fabulous composition which talks at length about his knowledge and wisdom. Sri Appayya Dikshita has also written about Mimamsa and other branches of learning. The exquisite Sri Durga Chandra Kalastuti in the Vasantalika metre is replete with references to instances in vedas and puranas and has a reputation of possessing mystic efficiency.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was an ardent Advaiti and Shaivaite all his life. Every Advaitic scholar in India gains proficiency in his school of thought only after reading the five texts connected with the same. They are the Brahmasutra by Veda Vyasa, Sankara Bhashyam by Adi Sankara which happens to be a treatise on the Brahmasutra, Bhamati by Vachaspati Misra which is again a gloss on the Sankara Bhasyam, Kalpataru by Amalanda which elucidates the works mentioned above and Parimala by Appayya Dikshita - the ultimate treatise on Advaita. In his Manasollasa, he teaches to his own mind complete detachment.Sri Appayya Dikshita has also done a lot of works in connection with the Shaivaite religion all his life. He had also synthesised the various approaches to Advaita itself. Sri Appayya Dikshita knew well about the approach and works of Srikanthacharya and other great Saints of the yonder era. There are several miracles associated to Sri Appayya Dikshita who lived by his word. On one one occasion he married Achallamma in order to live up to his word.
Later on Sri Appayya Dikshita decided to reach Chidambaram and shed his mortal coils in this famous city known as Thillai. Nilakanta Dikshita, the grandson of Sri Appayya Dikshita was a great scholar who adorned the Naick court at Madurai during the seventeenth century by serving as a powerful Minister. Mahamahopadhyaya Sri Raju Sastrigal ( 1815 - 1903 ) also called as Sri Thyagaraja Dikshita was also his descendant. The author has taken pains to attach 23 tables containing the geneological tree of Sri Appayya Dikshita and we get to learn that Sri C.P.Ramaswamy Aiyer, the former Diwan of Travancore was among his descendants and also that he had his family scattered all over Tamilnadu including Karathozhuvu ( part of the K villages on the banks of River Amaravathi in the Udumalpet region ). A few compositions of Sri Appayya Dikshita have been added to the book. The author Dr.N.Ramesan acknowledges the generous grant allocated by P.V.Narasimha Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in aid of his work on Sri Appayya Dikshita.
It is through this beautiful work by Dr.N.Ramesan, that we get know fully about Sri Appayya Dikshitar who was an intrepid thinker, logician and writer of global proportions. We can be deeply beholden to Dr.N.Ramesan for sharing his research on the life and times of Sri Appayya Dikshita who worked to balance religious faith in a phenomenal manner during the glorious times of our country.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva and has authored over 104 works during his 73 years of life. Sri Acharya Dikshita or Sri Achan Dikshita, the grandfather of Sri Appayya Dikshita was also known as Vakshastala Acharya. He was a preceptor to Sri Krishna Deva Raya and the "Vakshastala Dikshita" title was conferred by the Emperor after listening to verse by Acharya Dikshita during a visit to the Kanchipuram Sri Varadaraja temple.Being the court poet Acharya Dikshita composes a verse wherein he states that even Lord Varadaraja, on seeing the Queen, who was standing before the Lord with golden lustre and splendour, just like Mahalakshmi, wanted to make sure, whether his own divine consort Lakshmi, was by his side or not,and therefore he bowed his head slightly to look at his Vakshastala, where the goddess is said to reside. Acharya Dikshita got married to a Vaishnavaite lady Thotambi as it was not uncommon to marry people belonging to various religious denominations provided they were branches of the huge banyan known as " Sanatana Dharma ". In due course Rangaraja Dikshita, the son of Acharya Dikshita had a son called Sri Appayya Dikshita who was born due to the grace of Lord Nataraja.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was given a thorough academic brought up by his father Sri Rangaraja Dikshita who had given away his fortune after performing the Viswajit sacrifice. The young lad was quick to assimilate knowledge due to the grace of Lord Margasahayeswara and goddess Marakatavalli at Virinchipuram near Vellore.He married Mangalanayaki, the daughter of the famous Ratnaketa Dikshita whose spouse too happened to be a great poet. The wedding took place due to the grace of Lord Ekambara and Goddess Kamakshi. Chinna Bhomma, the ruler of Vellore was a great patron of Sri Appayya Dikshita and he had performed a "Kanakabhishekham" in recognition of his contribution. A number of tours, discussions and debates were undertaken by Sri Appayya Dikshita and his undertakings were always successful. In spite of being a Shaivaite and an Advaiti, Sri Appayya Dikshita was quite tolerant of other faiths and he gave them their due. He firmly believed that his likes should not result in dislikes towards other faiths. The literary works of Sri Appayya Dikshita stand as evidence for this noble trait in him. His admiration for Vedanta Desika, the Naya Mayukha Malika of his on the Ramanuja Sampradayam is used as a reference book by Visishtadvaitis show his impartial approach. Similarly his work Nyaya Muktavali is used as a reference book on Dwaita Sampradaya which was propounded by Acharya Madhwa.
Among the 104 works of Sri Appayya Dikshita it's his Sri Varadarajastava which stands tall and resplendent. It looks as if Sri Dikshita purposely made a jewelled garland offering to deck the deity with, having made the fascinating beauty of the deity the subject of his work. His Atmasamarpana Stuti was composed after consuming the intoxicating juice of the datura fruit. It was on this occasion, he directed his disciples to write down his 'prattle' and out came a fabulous composition which talks at length about his knowledge and wisdom. Sri Appayya Dikshita has also written about Mimamsa and other branches of learning. The exquisite Sri Durga Chandra Kalastuti in the Vasantalika metre is replete with references to instances in vedas and puranas and has a reputation of possessing mystic efficiency.
Sri Appayya Dikshita was an ardent Advaiti and Shaivaite all his life. Every Advaitic scholar in India gains proficiency in his school of thought only after reading the five texts connected with the same. They are the Brahmasutra by Veda Vyasa, Sankara Bhashyam by Adi Sankara which happens to be a treatise on the Brahmasutra, Bhamati by Vachaspati Misra which is again a gloss on the Sankara Bhasyam, Kalpataru by Amalanda which elucidates the works mentioned above and Parimala by Appayya Dikshita - the ultimate treatise on Advaita. In his Manasollasa, he teaches to his own mind complete detachment.Sri Appayya Dikshita has also done a lot of works in connection with the Shaivaite religion all his life. He had also synthesised the various approaches to Advaita itself. Sri Appayya Dikshita knew well about the approach and works of Srikanthacharya and other great Saints of the yonder era. There are several miracles associated to Sri Appayya Dikshita who lived by his word. On one one occasion he married Achallamma in order to live up to his word.
Later on Sri Appayya Dikshita decided to reach Chidambaram and shed his mortal coils in this famous city known as Thillai. Nilakanta Dikshita, the grandson of Sri Appayya Dikshita was a great scholar who adorned the Naick court at Madurai during the seventeenth century by serving as a powerful Minister. Mahamahopadhyaya Sri Raju Sastrigal ( 1815 - 1903 ) also called as Sri Thyagaraja Dikshita was also his descendant. The author has taken pains to attach 23 tables containing the geneological tree of Sri Appayya Dikshita and we get to learn that Sri C.P.Ramaswamy Aiyer, the former Diwan of Travancore was among his descendants and also that he had his family scattered all over Tamilnadu including Karathozhuvu ( part of the K villages on the banks of River Amaravathi in the Udumalpet region ). A few compositions of Sri Appayya Dikshita have been added to the book. The author Dr.N.Ramesan acknowledges the generous grant allocated by P.V.Narasimha Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in aid of his work on Sri Appayya Dikshita.
It is through this beautiful work by Dr.N.Ramesan, that we get know fully about Sri Appayya Dikshitar who was an intrepid thinker, logician and writer of global proportions. We can be deeply beholden to Dr.N.Ramesan for sharing his research on the life and times of Sri Appayya Dikshita who worked to balance religious faith in a phenomenal manner during the glorious times of our country.
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Шри Аппайя Дикшита (1520 - 1593). Обзор доктора Рамезана
публикация: Раджеш Говиндараджулу, SimpliCity, 22 марта 2017 г.
Шри Аппайя Дикшита был маяком, принадлежавшим процветающей Индии шестнадцатого века. Он был великим ученым и духовным лидером, который был известен своим уравновешенным (гармоничным) подходом. Многие ученые и историки оказали большую услугу, поделившись подробностями о Шри Аппайе Дикшите через свои работы, однако книга доктора Н.Рамеезана М.А., доктора философии, И.А.С. (Секретарь правительства штата Андхра-Прадеш), опубликованная Шримад Appayya Dikshitendra Granthavali Prakasana Самитхи в Хайдарабаде в 1972 году, возглавляет список. Автор с большим почтением посвящает свою монументальную работу Его Святейшеству Джагадгуру Шри Чандрашекарендре Сарасвати Свамигал, Шанкарачарья Шри Канчи Камакоти Питам. (Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathy Swamigal, the Sankaracharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam).
Книга в твердом переплете была обнаружена в собрании адвоката ВайдьянатхаКришнана, который был известен своим глубоким знанием музыки, налогов и наших Священных Писаний. ВайдьянатхаКришнан был связан с Бхаратия Видья Бхаваном в Коимбаторе в течение ряда лет. Присяжный адвокат К.Р. Паттабхираман из Ченнаи сделал изумительное «Предисловие» к этой книге.
Шри Аппайя Дикшита, как полагали, был воплощением Господа Шивы и написал более 104 работ в течение его 73 лет жизни. Шри Ачарья Дикшита или Шри Ахан Дикшита, дедушка Шри Аппайи Дикшиты, также был известен как Вакшастала Ачарья. Он был наставником Шри Кришны Дева Рай, и титул «Вакшастала дикшита» был вручен Императором после прослушивания стиха Ачарьи Дикшиты во время посещения храма Канчипурам Шри Варадараджи.
Будучи придворным поэтом, Ачарья Дикшита пишет стих, в котором он рассказывает, что даже Господь Варадараджа, увидев Королеву, которая стояла перед Ним в золотом блеске и великолепии словно Махалакшми, хотел убедиться, является ли она его собственной божественной супругой Лакшми, она рядом с ним или нет, и поэтому он слегка склонил голову, чтобы посмотреть на своего Вакшасталу, где, как говорят, живет богиня.
Ачарья Дикшита женился на вайшнавской девушке Тотамби, так как нередко браки заключались между людьми, принадлежащим к различным религиозным конфессиям, но при условии, что они были ветвями огромного баньяна, известного как «Санатана Дхарма». Со временем у Рангараджи Дикшиты, сына Ачарьи Дикшита, появился сын по имени Шри Аппайя Дикшит, который родился по милости Господа Натараджи.
Шри Аппайя Дикшит получил прекрасную учёбу от своего отца Шри Рангараджа Дикшита, который отдал свое состояние после совершения жертвоприношения Вишваджита. Молодой человек быстро усвоил знания благодаря милости бога МаргасахайеСвары и богини Маракатавалли в Виринчипураме возле Веллоры. Он женился на Мангаланаяки, дочери знаменитой Ратнакеты Дикшита, чья супруга тоже оказалась великим поэтом. Свадьба состоялась благодаря милости Господа Экамбары и Богини Камакши. Чинна Бхомма, правитель Веллора, был великим покровителем Шри Аппайи Дикшиты, и он совершил «Канакабхишекхам» в знак признания своего вклада.
Шри Аппайя Дикшита провел ряд туров, дискуссий и дебатов, и его начинания всегда были успешными. Несмотря на то, что Шри Аппайя Дикшита был шиваитом и адвайтистом, он был весьма терпим к другим верам и отдавал им должное. Он твердо верил, что его симпатии не должны приводить к неприязни к другим конфессиям. Литературные произведения Шри Аппайи Дикшита служат доказательством этой благородной черты в нем. Его восхищение Ведантой Десика, его Найя Маюкой Маликой в Рамануджа Сампрадайам, используется ВишиштАдвайтисом в качестве справочника, демонстрирующего его беспристрастный подход. Точно так же его труд «Ньяя Муктавали» используется в качестве справочника по Двайта Сампрадае, который был предложен Ачарьей Мадхвой.
Среди 104 работ Шри Аппайи Дикшиты это его Шри Варадараджастава, который стоит высоко и блистательно. Похоже, что Шри Дикшита нарочно сделал украшенную драгоценными камнями гирлянду, предлагающую украсить божество, сделав очаровательную красоту божества предметом его работы. Его Атмасамарпана Стути был составлен после употребления опьяняющего сока плодов дурмана. Он приказал своим ученикам записать всё, что он будет «говорить», выпив этого пьянящего напитка, и из него вышла сказочная композиция, в которой подробно говорится о знаниях и мудрости. Шри Аппайя Дикшита также писал о мимамсе и других областях обучения. Изысканная Шри Дурга Чандра Каластути в ритме Васанталика изобилует ссылками на примеры в Ведах и Пуранах и имеет репутацию обладателя мистических способностей.
Шри Аппайя Дикшита всю свою жизнь был страстным адвайтистом и шиваитом. Каждый адвайтист в Индии получает знания в своей школе мысли только после прочтения пяти текстов, связанных с ней. Это Брахмасутра от Веды Вьясы, Шанкара Бхашьям от Ади Шанкары, который является трактатом о Брахмасутре, Бхамати от Вачаспати Мишры, который опять-таки представляет собой толкование Шанкара Бхашьям, Калпатару от Амаланды, который разъясняет упомянутые выше произведения, и Паримала от Аппайя Дикшита - окончательный трактат об Адвайте. В своей «Манасолласе» он учит полной отрешенности своего ума.
Шри Аппайя Дикшита всю свою жизнь проделал много работы, связанной с религией шиваитов. Он также синтезировал различные подходы к самой Адвайте. Шри Аппайя Дикшита хорошо знал о подходах (взглядах) и делах Шрикантачарьи и других великих Святых той эпохи. Есть несколько чудес, связанных со Шри Аппайей Дикшитой, который жил в соответствии со своим словом. Однажды он женился на Ачалламме, чтобы оправдать свое слово.
Позже Шри Аппайя Дикшита решил достичь Чидамбарама и сбросить свои смертные спирали в этом знаменитом городе, известном как Тиллаи. Нилаканта Дикшита, внук Шри Аппайи Дикшиты, был великим ученым, который украсил придворный двор в Мадурае в семнадцатом веке, служа могущественным министром. Махамопадхьяя Шри Раджу Шастригал (1815 - 1903), также называемый Шри Тьягараджа Дикшита, был также его потомком. Автор приложил максимум усилий, чтобы приложить 23 таблицы, содержащие генологическое древо Шри Аппайи Дикшиты, и мы узнаем, что Шри К.П.Рамасвами Айер, бывший Диван Траванкора, был среди его потомков, а также что его семья была разбросана по всему Тамилнаду, включая Каратожувуву (часть деревни К на берегах реки Амаравати в Удумальпетском регионе). Несколько сочинений Шри Аппайи Дикшиты были добавлены в книгу. Автор д-р Н. Рамесан признает щедрый грант, выделенный П. В. Нарасимхой Рао, тогдашним главным министром штата Андхра-Прадеш, в помощь его работе над «Шри Аппайя Дикшита».
Именно благодаря этой прекрасной работе доктора Н.Рамесана мы в полной мере узнаем о Шри Аппайе Дикшитаре, который был бесстрашным мыслителем, логиком и писателем глобальных масштабов. Мы можем быть глубоко признательны д-ру Н. Рамесану за то, что он поделился своими исследованиями о жизни и временах Шри Аппайи Дикшиты, который феноменально уравновешивал религиозную веру в славные времена нашей страны.
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