[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Other gnomic and didactic poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic) › [Poems on dispassion and tranquillity](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya) › Shantivilasa # Shantivilasa (Śāntivilāsa) The Play of Peace Short poem on renunciation and inner peace by Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, grand-nephew of Appayya Dīkṣita. - **Date:** 1630–1660 CE - **Author:** [Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita](https://indike.org/pramana/person/nilakantha-diksita) - **Place:** Tamiḻakam - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [“Self-Surrender,” “Peace,” “Compassion,” and “The Mission of the Goose”: Poems and Prayers from South India (Clay Sanskrit Library)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santivilasa~en-bronner) — English, not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santivilasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santivilasa) · Pramāṇa