Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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HarishankarK
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Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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Y'day I was informed that Vallabha Nayakasya is a spurious Dikshitar kriti?
Is this true? Can this even be true?

Suryasriram
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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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How can Prasa-correct, Begada Bhava-purna, yati, chhandas abounding Vallabha Nayakasya be a spurious composition?

bhakthim dehi
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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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It is not notated in Pradarshini. Perhaps that might be the reason.

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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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Less than half of the known corpus of Muthuswamy Dikshitar are in the SSP.

bhakthim dehi
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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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Whether the known krithis were all composed by Deekshithar is the question.

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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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HarishankarK wrote: 17 May 2018, 12:35 Y'day I was informed that Vallabha Nayakasya is a spurious Dikshitar kriti?
Is this true? Can this even be true?
May I know who informed?!

HarishankarK
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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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Sorry I am unable to confirm the source but 100% reliable source
Sri Lakshmi Varaham was also disputed as a Dikshitar kriti by same source

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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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HarishankarK wrote: 18 May 2018, 17:32 Sorry I am unable to confirm the source but 100% reliable source
Sri Lakshmi Varaham was also disputed as a Dikshitar kriti by same source
Reliable source?

Was he living in the times of Muthuswamy Deekshithar and working with him in documenting his compositions? If not, it is mere speculation. Unless you do a linguistic analysis and show substantial variation in language style.

Some people claim that all Deekshithar have been documented in the SSP and any krithi not there is spuriously attributed to Deekshithar. By that token, about 240 krithis go out the window

HarishankarK
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Re: Vallabha Nayakasya - Not Dikshitar???

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HarishankarK wrote: 18 May 2018, 17:32 Sorry I am unable to reveal the source but 100% reliable source
Sri Lakshmi Varaham was also disputed as a Dikshitar kriti by same source

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