Madhavi Pattanayak

Madhavi Pattanayak (or Madhavi Dasi, 16th-century CE) is one of the earliest woman poet in the Oriya language. She was a contemporary of the famous Pancha Sakha poets in the late fifteenth early sixteenth centuries. She was a disciple of Sri Chaitanya.

Early life and family

She was born in Bentapura village of Puri district in a Karana family and was the cousin of Raya Ramananda, governor of Rajmahendri.She got widowed at an early age lived for a while at her cousin Raya Ramananda's house. There she along with her brother Sikhi Mohanty and Raya Ramananda became followers of Sri Chaitanya.[1]

Literary works

Her chosen path was that of devotion to the god Jagannath. She wrote religious poetry in the mid-16th century.

References

Rout, S. (1972). Women Pioneers In Oriya Literature. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Limited. p. 33. ISBN 978-81-208-2546-8. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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[Rout_1972_p._33-1] Rout, S. (1972). Women Pioneers In Oriya Literature. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Limited. p. 33. ISBN 978-81-208-2546-8. Retrieved 23 September 2020.