A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.27

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Yet another family of Dikshitas rose to literary fame under the Nāyaks of Gingee. Ratnakheṭa Śrīnivāsa Dikshita of Satyamangalam is reputed to have written eighteen plays and sixty poetical works—most of which have been lost, however; his allegorical drama *Bhāvanāpuruṣottama* was composed at the instance of Sūrappa Nāyaka, and the *Bhaiṣmīpariṇaya-campū* is a small work on the marriage of Rukmini and Krishna. Śrīnivāsa had three sons, the best known being Rājachūdāmani Dikshita who migrated to Tanjore and became the pupil of Venkatamakhi. While still in his teens he is said to have written *Kamalinī Kalahamsa*; another drama, *Ānanda-rāghava*, a poem *Rukmiṇī Kalyāṇa* and a biography of Śaṅkarācārya called *Śaṅkarābhyudaya* were among his other works. He also wrote on Mīmāmsā and other subjects which will be mentioned further on.