# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vidyapati
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:03:31.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vidyapati"
name: "Vidyapati"
slug: "vidyapati"
description: "Vidyapati, also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil, 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."
tagline: "Bangla and Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1352"
deathDate: "1448"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump