People associated
with Dikshitar
.
Manali Mudaliyars
Muddukrishna Mudaliyar
Manali is about 4 Kms to the West of Tiruvotriyur.MudduKrishna Mudaliyar was a dubhash of the EastIndia company.[A
dubhash or dvibhashi was one who knew two languages and functioned as an interpreter] .He was a rich man and a patron of
fine arts.When had come to Tirivarur he happened to meet the Dikshitars and invited them to Manali.
It is said that Arunacala Kavi's RamaNataka keerthanas and Kachiyappa munivar's Vinayaka Purana were staged during his
time.
The chennakeshwara temple and Chennai Keshava temple were near the seashore and the British found them inconvenient to their military and trading operations and demolished them.The people were agitated and it was Mudaliyar who took steps to rebuild them at their present locations and they continued as the temple trustees.
Chinnaswami Mudaliyar
A few years after the Dikshitar family migrated to Manali Muddukrishna mudaliyar passed away and his eldest son Manali VenkataKrishna Mudaliyar also known as Chinnaiya Mudaliyar succeeded him as the dubhash.He made Ramaswamy Dikshitar as the asthana vidwan and took steps in teaching his sons.It is during his time that the 108-raga tala malika was composed and Ramaswami Dikshitar was honoured with the
kanakabhisheka.
Chidambaranatha yogi
Not
much is known about the yogin.It is said that he shed his mortal coils in Kashi
and his samadhi is in the vicinity of Hanuman ghat.
Ettayapuram Rajahs:
Venkateshwara Eddappa I [1761 - 1839]
He brought Baluswami Dikshitar to his court.Later Muttuswami Dikshitar came there in search of his brother.He was himself a composer and played the vina.He was noted for his extensive charities.His sons were Kumara Eddappa,Venkateshwara Eddappa II,Muttuswami Eddappa , Kumara MudduPandya and Ramaswami Pandya.
Kumara Eddappa
He came to the gaddi in 1839.The Dikshitar brothers continued to remain in his court.HE played the vina and was a patron of scholars and musicians including Vina Subbukutti Iyer,Baluswami Dikshitar's disciples Vina MinakshiSundaram Iyer,Vina Subbia Annavi, vocalists Tirunelveli Vengu Bhagavatar and Madurai Ramaya Bhagavatar and Muttuswami Dikshitar's pupil Tevur Subahmanya Iyer.
Venkateshwara Eddappa II
Baluswami Dikshitarwas in his court and Subbarama Dikshitar succeeded him.He was a composer and a musician.
Muttuswami Eddappa
He was named after Muttuswami Dikshitar .Subbarama Dikshitar continued in his patronage.His sons were KumaraEddappa II and Venkateshwara Eddappa.
Kumara Eddappa II
Subbarama Dikshitar continued in his court.His son was Venkateshwara Eddappa II
Venkateshwara Eddappa II
Subbarama Dikshitar continued in his court.It was during his time and under his patronage that the Sangita sampradaya pradarshini was published.
Upanishad Brahmendra
rAmacandrendra sarasvatI, disciple of vAsudevendra sarasvatI, was popularly
called upanishad brahmendra.He belonged to the 18th Century. He was the first author
in the advaita tradition to write commentaries on all the 108 upanishads
listed in the muktikopanishad. His commentaries are considered to be authoritative,
and are quite popular among sannyAsin communities in the south. In the
tradition of samanvaya used in the brahmasUtras, he harmonizes the various
doctrines found in these texts, and weaves their extensive religious lore
into the consistent philosophical framework of Sankaran advaita. upanishad
brahmendra lived and taught in Kancipuram in the south. He established
his own maTha at Kanci, which continues to this day, under the leadership
of illustrious sannyAsins.
[ Source:Advaita vedanta Home page - post Sankara scholars ]
Dikshitar had set to tune the rAmAshtapadi of this great scholar.
