Vidyapati
Bangla and Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer · Writers · Lived 1352 to 1448 · aged 96
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.
Vidyapati is read about 62 times a day, in 24 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 27 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 106 days, one point a day.
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Memorial Statue of Vidyapati at the Machh Dwar entrance of the Uchchaith Bhagawati Mandir Complex
View of Vidyapati statue at the Vidyapati Chowk name after him in the city of Janakpur in Nepal.
Entry gate named Vidyapati Pravesh Dwar in the honor of the poet Vidyapati at Banauli village near Janakpur city
Postal stamp issued by the Government of India in recognition of Vidyapati
The sacred peepal tree at the Banauli Vidyapati Dih.About this person
He had knowledge of, and composed works in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and Maithili.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1352 to 1448 · aged 96
