Person Index

Since he was the son of Nṛsiṃharāya I, who was minister of Ekoji I, and that the latter ruled around 1676-83, I add roughly one generation (approx. 25 years) to get his date of activity.

Same lineage as Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita (rāmabhadrādhvarivarapriyaśiṣyasya tadīyavaṃśajanmanaḥ), see Raghavan Intro to Śāhendravilāsa, p.24.

NCC, vol. 7, 85

Son of Nārāyaṇa alias Dvādaśāhayājin of Kauśika gotra

He was the son of Tippādhvarin, one of the recipients of the land donation at Thiruvisanallur, and so was a native of Thiruvisanallur (see Tanjore vol. 8, pg. 3371)

Minister of Ekoji

Son of Bālacandramakhin and of the Kauśikagotra (Raghavan, Intro to Śāhendravilāsa, p. 53).

Grandson of Nṛsiṃharāya I, who was the brother of Tryambakarāyamakhin and Bhagavantarāyamakhin. He was minister of Ekoji II alias Bāvā Saheb (Raghavan, Intro to Śāhendravilāsa, p. 28)

Since he was the minister of Ekoji II, who ruled around 1735-36, I take the latter as his date of activity.

Due to his profiency in vyākaraṇa, he was called Pratyagra-Patañjali, i.e. 'The Modern Patañjali', by his contemporaries (The Indian Antiquary vol. 43, pg. 129 T. S. Kuppuswami Sastri).

He was hailed as pratyagrapatañjali, dvitīyaprācetasa, dvitīyavālmīki, sāhiytaratnakośa, śabdabrahmasvarūpī, and rāmabhaktyabdhi by his contemporaries (see Thiruvengadathan pg. 13)

Raghavan in his intro to Śāhendravilāsa (pg. 41) suggests a sojourn at Madura for Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita on account of the mention of Madura as the venue of the enactment of of his Śṛṅgāratilakabhāṇa. See also Thiruvengadathan pg. 11

Recipient of 4 shares of Thiruvisanallur, as he was a master in 4 śāstras: alaṁkāra, vyākaraṇa, mīmāṁsā, and vedānta (see Thiruvengadathan and Raghavan)

Ṛgvedin, Kauṇḍinyagotra (Raghavan intro to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 40)

He copied Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī's Siddhāntasiddhāñjana in 1670

He is different from another Rāmānanda Sarasvatī, the author of a subcommentary on Śaṅkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya called Ratnaprabhā and a treatise aligned with the Vivaraṇa interpretation of the Brahmasūtras titled Vivaraṇopanyāsa (see Duquette, forthcoming)

Described as a sarvantantrasvatantra and sarvatomukhayājin by Nallādhvarin in the latter's prologue to his Śṛṅgārasarvasvabhāṇa (Raghavan, Intro to Śāhendravilāsa, p. 53)

Possibly mentioned in a letter preserved in Descriptive Catalogues of Sanskrit Manuscripts, Vol. 11, entry 6594.

He was of Ātreyagotra and belonged to a family called Kuraviśeri (Raghavan, Introduction to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 32)

NCC vol. 9, pg. 349 — he must have lived towards the end of the 17th century

A few Sanskrit works are ascribed to Śāhaji and an even larger 'number of works are ascribed to him in Telugu and Marathi. See the Catalogues of the Telugu and Marathi Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library. No less than 21 works in Telugu and more than 10 in Marathi are ascribed to him' (Raghavan, Intro to Śāhendravilāsa, p. 22).

Biographer of King Śāhaji

That he was as a resident of Thiruvissannalur is borne out by the existence in that village of his house and the annual festival (Ayyāvāl utsava) that takes place there in his honour (see Raghavan, intro to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 60–64)

He was the mantrin of Śāhaji I of Thanjavur.

Much of the earlier patronage of scholars by Śāhaji I flowed through Tryambakarāyamakhin’s hands (Raghavan, Intro to Śāhendravilāsa, p.27)

Nephew of Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita

Son of Ratnagiri Dīkṣita

Periappā Kavi mentions him in the prologue to his Śṛṇgāramañjarī-Śāhajīya as one of the most celebrated poets of the time (see Raghavan, Introduction to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 43)

Received 3 shares of Thiruvisannalur, for he had mastered 3 śāstras (see Raghavan, intro to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 38–39)

He specialised in the exposition of Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī's works (see Raghavan, intro to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 31)