[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.747 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.747 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.747 - **Language:** English ### [c4.747](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.747) APPAYYADĪKṢITA. A reputed Rhetorician in Sanskrit, who thrived in the 16th Century A.D. He wrote two treatises on rhetoric, the Kuvalayānanda and Citramīmāṃsā. The former is an interpretation of chapter 5 of Jayadeva's Candrāloka and is very popular in South India. - [Previous: c4.746](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.746) - [Next: c4.748](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.748) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Candrāloka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.alamkara.candraloka-appayya.candraloka) — Jayadeva Pīyūṣavarṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.747](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.747) · Pramāṇa