Vidyapati

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Vidyapati was a renowned medieval poet and scholar from the Mithila region, celebrated for his Maithili and Sanskrit devotional and love poetry.

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Vidyapati canonical 9
विद्यापति 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval poet
person
poet
scholar
associatedWith Maithili literary tradition
Mithila court culture
country India
culturalRegion Tirhut (historic Mithila area)
linked to: Mithila region
ethnicGroup Maithil
linked to: Kumaoni
fieldOfWork court scholarship
poetry
religious literature
floruitCentury 14th century
15th century
gender male
genre devotional poetry
love poetry
honorific Maithil Kavi Kokil
influenced Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Vaishnava tradition
early Bengali Vaishnava poets
later Maithili poets
knownFor Maithili love lyrics
Vaishnava devotional songs
influence on later Bengali and Maithili literature
language Maithili
Sanskrit
legacy considered one of the earliest major poets in Maithili
helped establish Maithili as a literary language
songs still sung in Mithila and Vaishnava traditions
literaryStyle intense devotion to Krishna and Radha
sensuous depiction of love
movement Bhakti movement
nameInDevanagari विद्यापति
linked to: Vidyapati
notableWork Bhagavat Paricaya
Padavali (Maithili love and devotional songs)
Shaiva stotras (Sanskrit hymns to Shiva)
notableWorkLanguage Maithili
Sanskrit
occupation poet
scholar
region Mithila
linked to: Mithila region
religion Hinduism
wroteAbout Bhakti (devotion)
Radha-Krishna love
Shaiva themes

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Maithili notableAuthor Vidyapati
Vidyapati nameInDevanagari विद्यापति
linked to: Vidyapati
Bhagavat Paricaya author Vidyapati
Bhagavat Paricaya attributedTo Vidyapati
Maithil Kavi Kokil refersTo Vidyapati
Maithil Kavi Kokil appliedTo Vidyapati
Maithil Kavi Kokil honors Vidyapati
Maithil people notablePoet Vidyapati