Re: [INDOLOGY] Fwd: {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} Question regarding the lineage of Appayya Dīkṣita

[Madhav Deshpande]

Thanks, Rajam.

Madhav

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:18 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net> wrote:

> My cousin maintains our family tree and Appaya, Neelakanta Dikshita’s
> family tree.
>
> The following sites may give you some information:
>
> https://www.myheritage.com/site-32611321/appaya-dikshita
>
> https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-32611321/appaya-dikshita
>
> Best,
> rajam
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Indology Colleages,
>
>      As you can see from the attached extract of the Sanskrit Introduction
> to the 1864 pothi print edition of Veṅkaṭādhvarin's Lakṣmīsahasra,
> evidently, while the great Appayya Dīkṣita was mainly a Śaiva Advaitin
> vehemently attacking especially the Mādhva Vaiṣṇavas in his
> Madhvatantramukhamardana, his son Raghunātha Dīkṣita and grandson
> Veṅkaṭādhvarin were Vaiṣṇavas.  Among his later descendants we have Śaiva
> scholars like Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita.  How did these Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava
> affiliations develop within this one and the same family?  If anyone knows
> sources for the family history of Appayya Dīkṣita and his lineage, I would
> very much appreciate to know those sources.  Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>
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