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Vidyapati

1352 - 1448

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Vidyapati (c. 1352 – 1448), also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and royal priest. He was a devotee of Shiva, but also wrote love songs and devotional Vaishnava songs. He had knowledge of, and composed works in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and Maithili. Vidyapati's influence was not just restricted to Maithili and Sanskrit literature but also extended to other Eastern Indian literary traditions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vidyapati is the 1,362nd most popular writer (down from 1,146th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from India (down from 141st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Vidyapati ranks 1,362 out of 7,302. Before him are Jakob Wassermann, Ethel Voynich, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Cassius Longinus, Garcilaso de la Vega, and Li Qingzhao. After him are Qiu Jin, Alfonsina Storni, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Ba Jin, Peter Abrahams, and Honoré d'Urfé.

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Among people born in 1352, Vidyapati ranks 4. Before him are Vytautas, Rupert, King of Germany, and Edigu. After him are Viridis Visconti, and Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. Among people deceased in 1448, Vidyapati ranks 4. Before him are John VIII Palaiologos, Christopher of Bavaria, and Theodore II Palaiologos. After him are Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, Vasily Kosoy, and Carlo II Tocco.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vidyapati ranks 215 out of 1,861. Before him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Henry McMahon (1862), V. S. Ramachandran (1951), Bharata Muni (-1000), Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), and Shah Shuja (1616). After him are Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Deepak Chopra (1946), Mumtaz (1947), Parshvanatha (-872), Sikandar Lodi (1450), and Madhvacharya (1199).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vidyapati ranks 27. Before him are Tukaram (1608), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), and Bharata Muni (-1000). After him are Deepak Chopra (1946), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Namdev (1270), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Mahadevi Varma (1907), and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942).

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