# Appayya Dikshita

> Appayya Dīkṣita was a prominent South Indian philosopher and scholar associated with the school of Advaita Vedanta and a theologian of Shaivism. While he is widely remembered as an influential preceptor of the Advaita tradition, he was historically rooted in the Śivādvaita school as its most prominent representative. A 1580 copper plate inscription attributed to Śivappa Nāyaka of Tañjāvūr describes him as the "sole emperor of Śaiva Advaita" (śaivādvaitaikasāmrājya). He was a highly prolific polymath whose works spanned dozens of treatises on Śaiva and Advaita metaphysics, Mīmāṃsā scriptural hermeneutics, and alaṅkāra poetic theory, while also composing numerous volumes of devotional poetry and a ritual manual for the daily worship of Shiva.

*Indian philosopher*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1520
- **Died:** 1593
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Appayya Dikshita](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appayya_Dikshita)
- [أبايا ديكستا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7)
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- [Appayya Dikshita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appayya_Dikshita)
- [अप्पय दीक्षित](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4)
- [ಅಪ್ಪಯ್ಯ ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4)
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- [अप्पय्यदीक्षितः](https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%83)
- [அப்பைய தீட்சிதர்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)
- [అప్పయ్య దీక్షిత](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595162)

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