Muttusvāmi Dīkṣitar’s Kṛtis

[Nityanand Misra]

नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

I am looking for the following publications on the Kṛtis of Muttusvāmi Dīkṣitar :

(1) Comprehensive compilations and critical editions, if any. 

(2) Sanskrit commentaries on any of the Kṛtis.

(3) Scholarly English translations (with the padaccheda, anvaya, grammatical analyses, śāstric references, etc.)

PS: This is in addition to scholarly works on the Kṛtis of Tyāgarāja, for which I started another thread. 

Nityānanda Miśra

[Arvind Iyer]

Namaste Nityānanda jī,

While these are not commentaries in the conventional sense, these biographical Sanskrit kāvya-s on Sadguru Tyāgarāja and Muttusvāmī Dīkṣita by Dr V Raghavan that contextualize several kṛti-s maybe relevant to this project. The second of these was released in a new edition with English translation by Dr. Sumithra Vasudev in April 2025.

Both works can be obtained from the Dr V Raghavan Centre for Performing Arts via the contact details here.

Thanks and regards,
Arvind

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[Mathukumalli Vidyasagar]

Dear Arvind,

Would you know if this Dr. Raghavan had a daughter named Priyamvada?  If so I knew her in Montreal.

Regards.

Sagar

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

https://dn760005.eu.archive.org/0/items/SpiritualHeritageOfThyagarajaByVRaghavan/SpiritualHeritageOfThyagaraja_text.pdf

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

https://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2020/04/alphabetical-index-of-my-translations.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawUSa-twZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXgxcThLMEpVNHFXM3BWVDBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe2_r4A0aMB6sHKSwLAfnNHvYduGPohEWpH0PxrO89fLW2oj-sfeAjnEEUGJQ_aem_Y4qu5ZNRCAj8e0QhiDkAvA

Alphabetical index of my translations of Krithis of Sri Muthuswami Deekshithar

Alphabetical index of my translations of Krithis  of  Sri  Muthuswami  Deekshithar  

BY

P.R.Ramachander

[K S Kannan]

While the renderings are of help to someone who wants to get just the gist of the lyrics,

they need in addition a properly transliterated presentation, and even a literal translation.

While it is not always easy to translate the frequent bahuvrīhi-s, not just in Sanskrit, what with their laconicity,

yet a literal translation in addition, however inevitably clumsy many times, can serve certain needs. 

Scholars who have caught the spirit of the original author/text,

and can express themselves in the target language with great facility,

and have a general awareness of the cultural nuances and a sensitivity to 

the linguistic subtleties and common (and even rare) tropes of speech of the text

- are the ones that can render fuller justice to the original.

Else, something or the other is missed. It is such instances that inspired

the proverbial phrase: "lost in translation". A definition of poetry

celebrates this shortcoming well: "Poetry is what gets lost in translation."

A good many musical texts, especially of South India,

are compositions of masters of language, Sanskrit and local,

often tāttvic in character, and reflective of the refinements of the 

sampradāya-s of the authors, and not unendowed with a poetic touch.

(That is not to deny that some compositions do betray 

the linguistic ineptitude of the composer.) 

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Hon. Prof., Chanakya University, Bangalore.,

Emeritus Prof. and Director, Vishnugupta VishwaVidyapeetham, Gokarna.,

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Chair Professor (Retd.), IIT-Madras.

Member, Advisory Board, "Prof. A K Singh AURO Chair of Indic Studies", AURO University, Surat.
Member, Expert Committee for Review of Criticism of Indian Knowledge Traditions, Central Sanskrit University (under MoE, GoI), Ganganath Jha Campus, Prayagraj.
Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Heritage Science and Technology, IIT Hyderabad.

Nominated Member, Academic Committee, Kavi Kula Guru Kalidasa University, Ramtek.
Member, Academic Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthana.
Academic Director, Swadeshi Indology.
Nominated Member, IIAS, Shimla.

Former Professor, CAHC, Jain University, Bangalore.

Former Director, Karnataka Samskrit University, Bangalore.

Former Head, Dept. of Sanskrit, The National Colleges, Bangalore.

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[K S Kannan]

Where translations, however well done, cannot serve certain needs,

or fulfil certain roles, Notes in addition can take care of.