# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/appayya-dikshita
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:38:15.544Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/appayya-dikshita"
name: "Appayya Dikshita"
slug: "appayya-dikshita"
description: "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."
tagline: "Indian philosopher"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1520"
deathDate: "1593"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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