WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vidyapati has received more than 408,796 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Vidyapati is the 1,147th most popular writer (down from 1,084th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from India (down from 127th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vidyapati-gita-sangraha
1954
Love songs of Vidyap̄ati
1963
Love songs
1963
Vidyapati-padavali
1961
Vidyapati
1952
Kirtilata
Poetry
1962
Kīrtilatā
Poetry
1962
Kirtilata
Poetry
1962
Puruṣaparīkṣā
Didactic tales in Sanskrit; with translation into Maithili by the editor.
1911
Puruṣaparīkṣā
Sanskrit Didactic literature
Didactic tales.
1838
Vidyāpati-gīta-saṅgraha
1954
Vidyapati-gita-sangraha
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vidyapati ranks 1,147 out of 7,302. Before him are Monique Wittig, Léon Bloy, Cornelius Gallus, Anne Rice, Antoine François Prévost, and Gottfried Keller. After him are Lao She, Mavro Orbini, Hugo Gernsback, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Chevalier d'Éon, and Vivant Denon.

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Contemporaries

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 3. Before him are John VIII Palaiologos, and Christopher of Bavaria. After him are Theodore II Palaiologos, Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, Vasily Kosoy, and Carlo II Tocco.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vidyapati ranks 141 out of 1,861. Before him are Ajatashatru (-500), Bharata Muni (-1000), Anna Mani (1918), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), and Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200). After him are Ajay Devgn (1969), Deepak Chopra (1946), Sankardev (1449), Henry McMahon (1862), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), and Vinoba Bhave (1895).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vidyapati ranks 22. Before him are Ahmed Deedat (1918), Tukaram (1608), Vātsyāyana (300), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), and Bharata Muni (-1000). After him are Deepak Chopra (1946), Sankardev (1449), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Namdev (1270), Subramania Bharati (1882), and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820).

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