Muddupalani
Sign in to savethumb|303x303px|Contemporary depiction of an 18th century Devadasi Muddupalani () was a Telugu speaking poet and devadasi attached to the court of Pratap Singh (1739–63), the Maratha king of Tanjore. Some commentators date her life to 1739-90, and her place of birth as Nagavasram in Thanjavur district. She is noted as a poet and scholar and particularly for her erotic epic Rādhikā-sāntvanam ("Appeasing Radha").
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It sits within the topics 18th-century Indian poets, 18th-century Indian women writers and Indian courtesans.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Rādhikā sāntvanamu
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Munagapaka
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Sanskrit
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- date of birth
- 1730-01-01
- date of death
- 1790-01-01
- floruit
- 1750-00-00
- writing language
- Telugu
- P8168
- Whose Body?
- name in native language
- ముద్దుపళని
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thumb|303x303px|Contemporary depiction of an 18th century Devadasi Muddupalani () was a Telugu speaking poet and devadasi attached to the court of Pratap Singh (1739–63), the Maratha king of Tanjore. Some commentators date her life to 1739-90, and her place of birth as Nagavasram in Thanjavur district. She is noted as a poet and scholar and particularly for her erotic epic Rādhikā-sāntvanam ("Appeasing Radha").
==Life== thumb|Pratap Singh of Thanjavur|280x280px Muddupalani was well versed in Telugu and Sanskrit literature, was an accomplished dancer, and came from a devadasi family:
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