Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c51.10

v1.c51.10

The correct form of the name is probably Appa or Apya Dīkṣita, which we find him himself using in his *Kuvalayānanda*, but it is variously spelt as *Appaya* and *Appayya*. A champion of Southern Śaivism he was a versatile and prolific writer, and tradition ascribes to him more than one hundered works, of which Aufrecht mentions nearly seventy. He was the son of Raṅgarāja (or Raṅgarājādhvarin) and had a brother called Apya or Accha.