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% Text title            : apItakuchAmbAstavaH
% Author                : Sri Appayya Dixitar
% Language              : Sanskrit
% Subject               : philosophy/hinduism/religion
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|| shrI appayyadIxitendraiH kR^itaH||
AnandasindhulaharImamR^itA.nshumaule\-
rAsevinAmamR^ita\-nirmita\-vartimaxNoH |
AnandavallivitateramR^itArdraguchCha.n
a.nba smarAmyahamapItakuche vapuste || 1||
nirnidra\-kokanada\-komalakAntama.nba\-
nitya.n sudhAnikaravarShi pada.n tvadIyam |
mUrChAkarajvararujA mama tApitasya
mUrdhni xaNa.n sakR^idapItakuche nidhehi || 2||
shItA.nshukoTi suShamAshishiraiH kaTAxaiH
avyAjabhUtakaruNArasapUrapUrNaiH |
karpUradhUlimiva dixu samAkiradbhiH
a.nba xaNa.n snapaya mAmaruNAdrimAnye || 3||
Avirbhava xaNamapItakuche purastAt
a.nba jvareNa mahatA mama tApitasya |
yena tvada~NghriruchijAla\-sudhApravAhe
magnastadaiva tanutApamamu.n tyajeyam || 4||
nAnAvidhairnalina\-jAtalipiprakL^iptaiH
AnItamUrChamadhika.n xubhitairjvarAdyaiH |
AshvAsaya xaNamapItakuche karAgra\-
krIDAkanatkanakahallakasaurabheNa || 5||
kaNThe viSha.n viShamucho bhujagAH kaparde
pArshve cha bhUtapatayaH pramathAshcha bhImAH |
shoNIchaleshamupasR^itya bhajeta ko vA
na syAttavA.nba savidhe yadi sannidhAnam || 6 ||
shaktirjagajjananapAlana\-bha~njaneShu
bhogeShu divyamahiShI taruNendumauleH |
siddhiH karapraNayinI tava sannidhAna.n
yannAsi tasya tadapItakuche na jAne || 7||
tva.n sAxiNI pralayabhairavatANDavAnA.n
tva.n sheShiNI saharidhAtR^i charAcharANAm |
tva.n mochinI sakalasa.nsR^itijAlakAnA.n
tvA.n brahmasa.nvidamapItakuche namAmi || 8||
|| shrI appayyadIxitendraiH kR^itaH
apItakuchA.nbAstavaH sa.npUrNaH||
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Note: Once Sri Appayya Dixita had gone to
Tiruvannamalai for darshan of Lord Arunachalesvara.
There he was laid up with severe fever. At that
time he composed this poem and prayed to
Goddess Apitakuchamba. He got immediate relief.
Even now a devotee can get relief from  fever and
other ailments by reciting this poem.
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A short life sketch of Shri Appayya DikShita (1520-1593 AD)
Shrimad Appayya DikShita was born at Adayapalam village, very near
Arni, North Arcot District, Tamil Nadu in the year
1520 AD. His father Shri Rangarajadhari was the son of Shri Acharya
DikShita - also known as VakShasthalacharya who was in
the court of Shri Krishnadevaraya. Appayya was an
endearing form of his real name, Vinayaka Subramaniam.
The 16th century AD, in South India was an age of confusion
when begotry and vigorous proselytism were rampant. Persecution of one sect by
another with the help of the ruling dynasties
was quite common. In such an age, the need was felt for a
rare scholar with comprehensive vision and imagination, whose mission
in life would be the reconciliation of the various creeds,
cults and philosophies. Shri Appayya DikShita filled this essential
need. He was a peace maker who pleade for harmony, tolera nce and mutual
goodwill and understanding at a time when people were
quarrelling among themselves as to who was superior Vishnu or Shiva. (Dr. N.
Ramesan IAS. Shri Appayya DikShita Page 3)
DikShitar's culture was at once profound, libeal and wide. His
characteristic impartiality never failed him even in his out and
out militant works.(A. V. Gopalachariar. Introduction to
Varadarajastava 1927. P vii) DikShitar's learning, says Y. Mahalinga
Shastri, was in the truest sense of the word encyclopaedic.\\##
appayyadIxitendrA\-nasheShavidyAgurUnahaM vande . \\
yatkR^itibodhAbodhau vidvadavidvadvibhAjakopAdhI .. (bhaTTojIdIxitaH).##\\

Shri DikShita is the author of not less than 104 works and had enjoyed
the patronage of King Chinna Bomma of Vellore. He
was offered kanakAbhiSheka by this king in 1582AD. He was
patronised by Chinna Thimma and Venkatapati also. He
lived upto the ripe age of 73 years and spent his last days in
Chidambaram.

Some of his most famous works are Shivarka maNidiipikA, NyAya
rakShAmaNI, siddhAnta lesha sa.ngraha, parimala, chAturmata
sArasa.ngraha, yAdavabhyudaya vyAkhyA, varadarAjastava and
kuvalayAnanda. His stotras are simple, popular and effective,
for example, mArgabandhu stotram, durgAchandrakalA stuti,
ApitakuchambA stava, hariharabheda stuti.

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