Appayya or Appaiah is an Indian name, and may refer to:

• Appayya (2013 film), Kannada romance film written, directed and co-produced by S. Narayan.
• Appayya Dikshita, an expositor and practitioner of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.
• Appayya Swamigalu, a 17th-century Carnatic Musician.

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