Maithili-language writers

Nepalese poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist

Vidyapati (–1448), 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. He had knowledge of, and composed works in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and Maithili.

Indian writer

Malla ruler

Sanskrit poet

raja of Bhaktapur