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अप्ययदीक्षित (apyayadIkSita)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अप्य्-अय—दीक्षित
m.
N.
 of a Drāviḍa saint and writer (of the sixteenth century, author of various works, celebrated as a Śaiva, and thought to be an incarnation of Śiva
also अप्याय° or अप्यै°,
&c.
 )
Goldstucker
English
अप्ययदीक्षित Tatpur. m. (-तः) The name of a celebrated
Dravida Brahmaṇa, the son of Nārāyaṇadīkṣita
he lived
at Agrahara and flourished in the 16
th century of Śālivā-
hana
his contemporaries considered him as an emanation
of Śiva on account of his devotion for this god and his
great learning, for ‘at the age of twelve years he perfectly
studied the Vedas and was besides master of several ab-
struse sciences’. In his crusade for establishing the supe-
riority of Śivaism he was once waylayed in a forest by
ruffians, hired by one of his unvictorious opponents at the
court of Vankatapati, but rescued by timely aid. He
died at Chillumbrum, as it appears, at the age of ninety.
He is said to be the author of 84 books on theology, rhe-
toric and philosophy. Colebrooke names (essays I. 333. 337)
two of his Vedānta works
Wilson (in the introd. to the
Daśakumārach. p. 5) his abridged version of the first portion
of the Daśak. and his work on rhetoric, the Kuvālayānanda
(comp. also Journal As. serie IV. vol. XI. p. 529)
a vo-
cabulary of his is mentioned in Weber's Catalogue of the
Berlin Sanskr. Ms. (No. 806), and the Pandit Cavelly Ven-
kata Rāmasvāmin who is answerable for the data alleged
before, enumerates among his Śivaitic writings the Śivār-
chanā-chandrikā, Śiva-tattwa-viveka, Śiva-maṇi-dīpika and
the Ātmārpaṇa.--His name occurs also in the shape of
अप्यायदीक्षित, अप्यैदीक्षित, अप्यदीक्षित, अप्पिदीक्षित, अप्प-
दीक्षित, अप्यय्य
but he is not the same as अप्प q. v. E.
अप्यय and दीक्षित.