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<div>{{Short description|17th century author and government minister of Madurai}}<br />
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'''Nilakantha Diksita''' was a minister in the 17th century court of King [[Thirumalai Nayak]] of [[Madurai Nayak dynasty|Madurai]]. He composed several poems and literary works, including Ananda Sagara Stavam.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Mahakavi Sri Neelakanta Deekshithar was born near the end of the 17th century on<br />
23rd May, 1684, born in the month of Vaigasi in the Jaya Varusha of Tamil Panchangam. He is of the Bharadwaja Gotra and a Sama Vedi. He was an ardent devotee of Goddess Meenakshi.{{Cn|date=November 2021}} He was from the lineage of the great advaitic saint [[Appaya Dikshita]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atyar|first=N Natesa|url=http://archive.org/details/AnandaSagaraStavam|title=Preface to Ananda Sagara Stavam}}</ref><br />
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During his ministerial job in the royal court of Tirumalai Nayaka King of Madurai (current day Tamil Nadu, India) under his supervision the Vasantha Mantapam or now known as Pudu Mandapa, at [[Madurai]] Meenakshi Amman Temple was built.He also dug Vandiyur Theppakulam a big Pond. During excavatory work for the Pond a Vinayagar Idol was found and named as Mukkuruni Vinayagar placed now in Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple. During his old age he settled at [[Palamadai]] Village in Tirunelveli District and place further south of Madurai. Palamadai village was actually gifted to him by Thirumalai Nayaka King for this archaeological evidence is in the form of Copper plaques which was used in those periods and it is also published in the Madura Manual by Archives of India. This is also engraved in the entrance wall of mangalankureswarar Sannidhi facing North. The copy of the engravings can be had from the epigraphy section of ASI.<br />
{{citation needed|reason=Not accounted for in scholarship.|date=March 2021}} <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/scholars-pay-tribute-to-advaita-acharyas/article6858699.ece|title = Scholars pay tribute to advaita acharyas|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Writings==<br />
His works are regularly published by the Mahakavi Neelakanta Deekshithar Trust at Chennai. Besides they are also published in spiritual magazines like Amman Darshanam published from Chennai.{{fact|date=November 2021}}<br />
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His works in the language are literary classics, viz., gaṅgāvataraṇam, vairāgyaśatakam, naḻacaritram, kaliviḍambanam, ānandasāgarastavaḥ, śāntivilāsaḥ, śivotkarṣamañjarī, mukundavilāsaḥ, raghuvīrastavaḥ, caṇḍīrahasyam, anyāpadeśaśatakam, nīlakaṇṭhavijayacampūḥ, kaiyaṭavyākhyānam, sabhārañjanaśatakam, gururājastavaḥ, śivatattvarahasyam, and śivalīlārṇavaḥ.{{fact|date=November 2021}}<br />
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