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Akka Mahadevi

1130 - 1101

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Akka Mahadevi (c. 1130–1160) was an early poet of Kannada literature and a prominent member of the Lingayatism founded in the 12th century. Her 430 vachanas (a form of spontaneous mystical poems), and the two short writings called Mantrogopya and the Yogangatrividh are considered her known contributions to Kannada literature. The term Akka ("elder sister" or "mother") was an honorific given to her by saints such as Basavanna, Siddharama, and Allamaprabhu as an indication of her high place in the spiritual discussions held at the "Anubhava Mantapa". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akka Mahadevi is the 1,595th most popular writer (down from 1,277th in 2019). (down from 642nd in 2019)

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Among writers, Akka Mahadevi ranks 1,595 out of 7,302. Before her are Flannery O'Connor, Tomi Ungerer, Philippe de Commines, Martin of Opava, Caroline Graham, and Dick Bruna. After her are Pacuvius, Mary Berry, Vicki Baum, Konstantin Simonov, A. B. Yehoshua, and Don DeLillo.

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Among people born in 1130, Akka Mahadevi ranks 15. Before her are Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Benjamin of Tudela, Magnus II of Sweden, Euphrosyne of Kiev, Theobald V, Count of Blois, and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. After her are Andronikos Doukas Angelos, Nicholas of Verdun, Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, Constantine Manasses, Saint Meinhard, and Rurik Rostislavich. Among people deceased in 1101, Akka Mahadevi ranks 10. Before her are Su Shi, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, John Skylitzes, Conrad II of Italy, Su Song, and Al-Musta'li. After her are Emperor Daozong of Liao, Vseslav of Polotsk, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Urraca of Zamora, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, and Henry, Margrave of Frisia.

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