Jagannatha Panditaraja

Jagannātha (1590-1670), also known as Jagannātha Paṇḍita or Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja, or Jagannatha Pandita Rayalu, was a poet, musician and literary critic who lived in the 17th century. He was a Telugu Brahmin from Khandrika family and a junior contemporary of Emperor Akbar. As a literary theorist or rhetorician, he is known for Rasagaṅgādhara, a work on poetic theory. As a poet, he is known for writing the Bhāminī-vilāsa ("The Sport of the Beautiful Lady ". He was granted the title of Paṇḍitarāja by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, at whose court he received patronage.