The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c32.144

v1.c32.144

This proselytism produced warm disputes at the court itself of this sovereign among the Saiva and Vaishnava teachers. One of these controversies took place between Tatacharya and the court poet Appaya Dikshita. This scholar was a very fervent Saiva. He chanted four verses in honour of Siva wherever he went, and by his zeal and preaching reconverted many Vaishnavas to their former faith in Siva. In the religious disputation with Tatacharya, Appaya Dikshita was victorious. Hence the royal guru cherished a mortal hatred against him and even, they say, actually plotted to put an end to his rival's life ³.