CONTENTS

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Preface vii

Acknowledgements xiv

Prologue|Anubhuti xix

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BOOK ONE -Dikshitar the Vaggeyakara

The Context 37

Guruguha Charita 55

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BOOK TWO - The Music

The Repertoire 119

The Hermeneutics of Dikshitar’s Compositions 149

Guruguha Digvijaya 206

Shanmata  253
Colonial Interlude  297

Dikshitar and Mysticism 319

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BOOK THREE - The Significance

Samashti 331

Mangalam 340

Epilogue 343

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Photo Essay 347

Appendix I: Kritis Notated in the Sangita Sampradaya Pradarsini 353

Appendix II: Kritis Not Notated in the Sangita Sampradaya Pradarsini 359

Appendix III: Table of Navavarana Kritis 364

Appendix IV: Raganga Raga Chart 366

Appendix V: The Nottusvara Sahityas of Dikshitar 369

Appendix VI: Research on Dikshitar’s Nottusvaras and Child Development 370

References 372

Index 380

About The Author 394