Chikkupadhyaya was born (around 1640 AD) to RangAcharya and NachiyAramma in TerakanAmbi in
Mysore
Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...
district of
Karnataka
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. His name at birth was Lakshmipathi.
[C. Hayavadana Rao (1943)] He was the elder twin brother of
Devaraja
Devaraja () was a religious order of the "god-king," or Divinity, deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia. The devarāja order grew out of both Hinduism and separate local traditions depending on the area. It taught that the monarch, king w ...
. He belonged to a family of Vedic scholars and poets.
He traces his lineage to Sri Allaalanatha (Kannada form of the name which denotes Kanchi Varadaraja - as described in one of the Hoysala inscriptions,
[K. V. Raman (1975)]) and the family deity being Kanchi Varadaraja.
He later moved to and settled in
Melkote
Melukote in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka, in southern India, is one of the sacred places in Karnataka. It is built on rocky hills, known as Yadugiri, Yaadavagiri or Yadushaila, overlooking the Cauvery valley. Melukote is ...
in
Mandya
Mandya is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is the headquarter of Mandya district,
Sugar factories contribute to the major economic output. It is also called Sugar City (Kannada: ''Sakkare Nagara'') because sugarcane is a major crop grown ...
district. He belonged to Shatamarshana (Purukuthsa,
or Vishnu-vruddha) lineage of
Hebbar Srivaishnava community. Nathamuni, Aalavandaar (Yaamunachaarya), Periya Thirumalai nambi and Bhagavadh Raamanuja's mother all belonged to Shatamarshana lineage. Chikkupadhyaya was a disciple of Sri Kadambi Singaracharya.
The title of Chikkupadhyaya was conferred on Lakshmipathi by Sri Chikka Devaraja
Wodeyar
The Wadiyar dynasty,() also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore (also spelt Wodeyer, Odeyer, and Wadeyar), is a late-medieval Indian royal family of former maharajas of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city. The Wadiya ...
for whom he acted as minister and teacher. 'ChikkupAdhyAya' in
Kannada
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means teacher of Sri Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar.
He could be the most prolific writer of Kannada literature. He has more than 30 literary works to his credit. His best known works are ''Vishnu Purana'' (1691), ''Kamalachala Mahatmya'' (1681), ''Hastigiri Mahatmya'' (1679), ''Rukmangada Charite'' (1681), ''Satvikabrahma-Vidya-Vilasa'' on
Visishtadvaita philosophy,
[Narasimhacharya (1988), p24] and ''Yadugiri Mahatmya'' in praise of Kadambi Srirangacharya
[Pranesh (2003), p31-32]
His other well-known works are ''Divya Suri Charitre'', a history of the twelve Alvar saints; ''Artha Panchaka'' ("Five truths"), on saint Pillai Lokacharya; a commentary on Tiruvayimozhi of mystic-saint Nammalvar; and a collection of seventy songs called ''Shringarada Hadugalu'' in praise of his patron Chikka Devaraja (pen-name "Chikkadevaraja").
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His works are
# ''aksharamAlika sAngathya''
# ''Amaruka shathaka''
# ''kamalAchala mahAthmya''
# ''kAmandaka teekay''
# ''Chikkadevraja shtungAra padagalu''
# ''chithra shathaka sAngathya''
# ''ThiruvAymozhi teekay''
# ''divya sUri charithe''
# ''Neethi shathakada sAngathya''
# ''paschima ranga mahAthmya''
# ''purusha virahada sAngathya''
# ''Yadugiri sAngathya''
# ''yAdava giri mahAthmya''
# ''rangadhAma sthuthi sAngathya''
# ''paschima ranga sAngathya''
# ''rangaswamiya sUthra udAharaNe''
# ''rukmangadacharithe''
# ''Vishnu PurANa''
# ''Vishnu PurANa gadya''
# ''Venkatagiri mahAthmya''
# ''VaidyAmritha teelay''
# ''shuka sapthathi''
# ''ShrungAra shathakada sAngathya''
# ''ALavndhAr sthOthra teeku''
# ''Bhagavadgeetha teeku''
# ''Hasthigiri mahAthmya''
# ''sAthvika brahma vidya vilAsa''
# ''mukunda mAla teeku''
# ''sri ranganAtha paduka sahasra teeku''
# ''Padma purANa samhitha teeku''
# ''prapannAmritha padya rUpa''
See also
*
Karnataka Literature
References
* History of Mysore, 1399-1799 AD, C. Hayavadana Rao, Corresponding Member, INDIAN HISTORICAL RECORDS COMMISSION, 1943, New Delhi.
* Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture - K.V. Raman, 1975, New Delhi.
* Pranesh, Meera Rajaram (2003), Musical Composers during Wodeyar Dynasty (1638-1947 AD), Vee Emm Publications, Bangalore EBK 94056.
* Mysore Gazetteers, Volume II
* Bhagavadgeetha teeku, 2011, Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melukote.
External links
* Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology: Volume 1, K. Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi - Literary Collections - 1997
* History of Kannada Literature: Readership Lectures - Ramanujapuram Narasimhacharya, Published 1988
* Encyclopaedia of Indian literature - Vol. 1, Sahitya Akademi, Published 1987
* http://www.ramanuja.org/new/tp96/andal_in_andhra_and_k.txt (Srivaishnava bhakthi group)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20061130032824/http://www.memo.fr/article.asp?ID=THE_ART_046 (in French)
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17th-century Indian male writers