[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Prose romances (kathā and ākhyāyikā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels) › Purvapithika (Appaya Dikshita) # Purvapithika (Appaya Dikshita) (Pūrvapīṭhikā (Appaya Dīkṣita)) पूर्वपीठिका (अप्पय दीक्षित) Poetic version of Pūrvapīṭhikā by the author of Kuvalayānanda. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 1779–1829 CE - **Author:** [Appaya Dīkṣita](https://indike.org/pramana/person/appaya-diksita) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Based on - [Daśakumāracarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.dasakumaracarita.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.purvapithika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.purvapithika) · Pramāṇa