Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 If I am not mistaken, shrI vaidyanAtha dIxita is from (or lived in) thanjAvUr district and his kula devata was vaidyanAtha svAmi of vaidIshvaran kOvil. He is the compiler/editor of the book called vaidyanAtha dIxitIyam. He received land grant for Maharashtrian line of kings who ruled thanjAvur. But there are conflicting information about him published in different sources. For instance, in the preface of book "jAtaka pArijAta", which is again by him, the translator notes that he hailed from andhra. That might not be a conflict, because, close 30% of Tamil Nadu population spoke (or speak) telugu -- such migrations took place in a large number for few reasons (chief being Tamil Nadu was affected very little by muslim invasion). According to our family sources, we are descendants of Sri dIkShita. I do not have access to the complete family tree to verify this. However, that is the source of the information I have provided. I may be misinformed as well. My view of this matter is, no matter where he hailed from and who he was, as smArtha-s it is quite important that we get this entire dIkShitIyam (all volumes) available online and possibly with translation. For now, an abridged version is available by the grace of mahA periyavar and it is also available online at vidyavriskhah.org. Ravi > > Prasad [prasad] > Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:33 PM > > Mahapushkara of South India > > > namasthe, > > In the introduction section of Tripura Rahasya by Ramanshram, > the following paras come. > > "In Sutra Bhasya (the commentary on Brahma Sutras), Sri Sankara has > used the story of Samvarta as found in Tripura Rahasya, in his > commentary on "Apicha Smaryate" (Suutra), with approval. > > There is a lucid commentary in Sanskrit on Haritaayana Samhita. It is > named Tatparya Diipika and written in 4932 of Kali Era (i.e. 1831 > A.D.) by one Dravida Srinivasa, son of Vydianatha Dikshita of the > village of Mahapushkara in South India." > > Can someone kindly tell me whether Mahapushkara referred to here > is today's Periyakulam city in Theni district, Tamilnadu ? I've been > trying to get this information, but haven't been successful. > Paramacharyal of Kanchipuram also while visiting Periyakulam once > told that "There used to live a great Mahan in this city" without > telling the name of the Mahaan. > > If someone can kindly write more about Mahapushkara, it'd be > very helpful. > > namasthe > Prasad > > > > > > -- > pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH > sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . > svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM > tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h > > www : http://www.ambaa.org/ > Contact: help > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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