Vedanta Deshika (1268-1369) was perhaps the most outstanding
Sanskrit author in the South Indian tradition focused on Vishnu and
one of the most original poets in all of Sanskrit literature. Two
of his best-known works appear here. "The Mission of the Goose," in
the genre of messenger-poems modeled on Kali dasa's famous "Cloud
Messenger," has Rama send a goose with a message for Sita, flying
to Lanka over graphically described Tamil temples. "Compassion" is
a meditation about the compassionate aspect of Vishnu, particularly
as embodied in the great temple of Tirupati. Appayya Dikshita (1520
-1592) and Nila kantha Dikshita (1580 1644) belong to one family as
well as to the same religious world centered on Shiva. Appayya's
"Self-Surrender" to his deity is the most personal of the
polymath's works. In "Peace" his great-nephew Nila kantha,
political high achiever as well as poet, reevaluates renunciation
and transcendence in a skeptical, intimate, and deeply unsettling
voice.
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