Muthuswamy Dikshitar

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I too have'nt come across such a reference in any text - mythological or otherwise.
As I indicated in my earlier post I had merely cross-posted from a thread on authenticity of Dikshitar krtis in RMIC.

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There is 'Daksha Shikshana' in the Sbharana akshylnvbhgo where too ratha-gaja-turaga are cited. If these are the same, attributes of the contributing deities to the Shaastaa, then the Vegavahini to Ganapati needs to be checked for its reference to Daksashishana.

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I rhink this has to be checked.
In one of the MD sites, the term was as "One who punishes the arrogant people immediately"

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How would you interpret the following "mudra" line in the ghanta krti , shrI mangalAmbikAm, ie
"manana dhyana nirata mahapurusha guruguha vinutAm"

Somehow the epithet mahapurusha doesnt quite fit a deity, does it.Seems to me like an autobiographical referencer.

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vidya
in"manana dhyAna nirata mahApuruSha guruguha vinutAm" mahApuruSha could be taken to mean all those great men yOgis, munis etc] who are steeped in manana and dhyAna. So the sentnce could be taken to mean "one worshipped by yOgis and guruguha"[with all its myriad interpretations]. It could also have an autobiographical connotation as u have mentioned
Dr.Shrikaanth K.Murthy

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In a few places e.g Sama, mukhari, the Dikshita uses 'prasiddha guruguha nutena etc' I doubt this usage or 'mahapurusha guruguha' are autobiographical. That being said, I think this word 'Maha-purusha' does not appear elsewhere in the MD krities.

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Nado
it s very difficult to be categorical about interpretations in certain places. Given the ingenuity of dIkSitar in bringing out various meanings, it shhould not be surprising to see an autobiographical connotation apart from the meaning relevant to the main context. Nothing precludes dIkSitar from making autobiographical references.
For e.g "vaNika gAyaka guruguhanuta" in the bhairavi krti 'bAlagOplala' seems an obvious autoniographical reference. It can be interpreted in other ways but I feel that would be missing the boat entirely
Dr.Shrikaanth K.Murthy

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Hello, Although most composers, including the self-realized ones unfailingly use a mudra, I think Dikshita further referring to himself as prasiddha or mahaa-purusha is quite doubtful.
Perhaps if MD was invited to a shrine, then commissioned with substantial fanfare to produce a kriti, then maybe he uses this kind of (autobigrphcl) reference. Is this what you have in mind ?

However your example Vainika gaayaka is entirely possible since it is describes his musical background. Incidentally, there are not too many such references.

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Parvathi is Daksha's daughter and Daksha insulted Shiva by not inviting him to a big yaga he had.As Shiva's son, Aiyappan wanted to punish him. Also, Ariyan Kavu is on the way to Trivandrum, past Shenkotta (Chenkottai). It is in Kerala, not anywhere near Madurai,as I remember. Could someone clear that for me?

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The "magnum opus", Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini of Subbarama Dikshitar is celebrating 100 years of its publication.

To commemorate the event,for the benefit of Rasikas and students of Carnatic Music, we (Dr.P.P.Narayanaswami and myself) have attempted to generate an English Version of this great work. We have carefully tried to incorporate all the Gamaka symbols and Svara notations as given in the original Edition. We have just
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