He was an accomplished composer in his own right, but is more famous for his Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini, a book detailing the works of Muthuswami Dikshitar and a reference on many other Carnatic musical concepts.

[citation needed] Baluswami Dikshitar, a noted musician, was at the court of Ettayapuram kings.

[citation needed] Subbarama Dikshitar at the age of 60 began writing the book Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini at the behest of A.M.Chinnaswami Mudaliar and completed it after four years of hard work.

[2] Ambi Dikshitar continued the family tradition of achieving excellence in music and he taught T L Venkatarama Iyer and D. K.

Ambi Dikshitar's prime disciples were brothers A Ananthakrishnan Iyer and A Sundaram Iyer and were primarily responsible for bringing their Guru to Chennai for propagation of Muthuswamy Dikshitar's compositions.