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The Vaiṣṇava Writings of a Śaiva Intellectual.

Although today Appayya Dīkṣīta enjoys a reputation as the preeminent Śaiva polemicist of the sixteenth century, it must be remembered that he also wrote works from a distinctively Vaiṣṇava perspective, in which Viṣṇu is extolled as the paramount god rather than Śiva. This paper examines one of those...

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Published in:Journal of Indian Philosophy Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 41 - 66
Main Author: Rao, Ajay
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2016
Subjects:
Śaiva Siddhānta
Diksita, Appaya
Desika, Vedanta
Hermeneutics
Hindu philosophy
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