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Lakhimadevi
Lakhimadevi (Maithili language, Maithili: लखीमादेवी) was the queen of the Videha, Mithila Kingdom in Oiniwar dynasty, Oiniwar Dynasty during the period of the Shiva Simha Singh, King Shivasimha in the kingdom. She was contemporary of the prominent Maithili language, Maithili poet Vidyapati. She was the wife of the King Shivasimha in Mithila. After the missing and death of the King Shivasimha, the queen took control of the Mithila Kingdom. The Mithila Kingdom was also known as Tirhut Kingdom those days. She was the eighth ruler in the Oiniwar Dynasty of the kingdom. The history of the queen Lakhimadevi is elaborated in the text ''Purushapariksha'' composed by the Maithils, Maithil scholar Vidyapati. She is much praised by the Maithil scholar Vidyapati in his compositions. He has written about the queen Lakhimadevi as a praise in his text quoted She is also known as ''Lakshmi Devi''. The poet Vidyapati in his poems had emotionally described the queen as the form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiva Simha Singh
Shiva Simha Singh, also known as Sivasimha, was a king of the Oiniwar dynasty in Mithila (region), Mithila. He was also referred to as ''Rūpanārāyana''. He declared himself independent and stopped paying taxes to Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur, Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur Sultanate, who invaded Mithila but was defeated. Mithila, Bengal and Arakanese accounts say that King Sivasimha helped another Brahmin ruler and his friend, Raja Ganesha of Bengal, defeating the Jaunpur Sultanate in Bengal–Jaunpur confrontation, Bengal-Jaunpur conflict. Ganesha had previously freed Bengal from Muslim occupation. Early life Sivasimha was born in a Maithil Brahmin, Mithila Brahmin family of King Devasimha and Hasini Devi. His grandfather was Bhavasimha, the king of the Oiniwar Dynasty before Devasimha. Sivasimha was married to six wives, of whom Lakhimadevi was the most notable and scholarly wife. She ruled Mithila in his absence from Banauli Vidyapati Dih, Banauliraj for 12 years from 1416 to 1428. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmasimha
Padmasimha ( Maithili: पद्म सिंह) was the ninth king of the Oiniwar Dynasty in the Mithila Kingdom of the Indian subcontinent during 15th century CE. He ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom in 1428 CE after the death of the ruler queen Lakhimadevi. He was the brother of the popular King Shivasimha. Early life Padmasimha was born in the royal family of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. He was the younger son of the King Devasimha. He was a Maithil Brahmin and belonged to Kashyapgotra. Rule Padmasimha established a new village known as Padma The Padma () is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the eastern and main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River, near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is situated on the bank ... after his name in the kingdom. Then he made the new village Padma as his capital. The site of the capital is presently known as ''Dharaharba Dih''. He was a great warr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banauli Vidyapati Dih
Banauli Vidyapati Dih () is a historical place related to the great Maithili poet Vidyapati. It is located at Banauli Donauli, Banauli village of Mahottari District, Mahottari district in Madhesh Province, Madhesh Pradesh of Mithila (region), Mithila region in Nepal. It is 3.8 miles or 6.116 kilometres South-West from the historical, cultural and religious city of Janakpur Dham in Nepal. It is believed that when the Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor arrested the King Shiva Simha Singh, Sivasimha of Mithila (region), Mithila, then the King said to his friend and priest Vidyapati to flew his wife Lakhimadevi, Lakhima Devi into the neighbouring country Nepal at his friends kingdom Banauli Raj. Dronwara Puraditya was the King of Banauli Raj Kingdom. Vidyapati and the queen Lakhima Devi took asylum at the court of Dronwara Puraditya. It is said that they lived here for twelve years. Vidyapati wrote many books there. The Government of Madhesh Province, Madhesh Pradesh declared it as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Banauli
Raj Banauli ( Maithili: राज बनौली) or ''Banauli Raj'' was a small kingdom in the Mithila region of the Indian Subcontinent during the 14th - 15th century CE. It was ruled by ''Dronwara Dynasty'' . ''Puraditya'' of Dronwara Dynasty was the king of the Raj Banauli. He is also known as ''Dronwara Puraditya'' and ''Girinarayan''. The king Puraditya defeated another ruler ''Arjun Singh'', so he is also called as "''Arjun Vijayee''". He was contemporary to the emperor King Shivasimha of Mithila and the Maithili poet Vidyapati. The location of the Raj Banauli is disputed among the scholars. Some scholars believe Banauli Vidyapati Dih near south of the Janakpur city as the location of the Raj Banauli. Similarly some scholars believe Banauli of Saptari district as the location of the Raj Banauli. And some scholars claimed Banauli near Sursand as the location of the Raj Banauli. Description According to the history of the Mithila region, there were two major dynasties O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maithili Language
Maithili ( , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi Province, Koshi and Madhesh Provinces. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. It is the second most commonly spoken native languages of Nepal, Nepalese language constitutionally registered as one of the fourteen provincial official languages of Nepal. It is spoken by 21.7 million people. Of those, 3.2 million are Nepalis, Nepalese speakers. The language is predominantly written in Devanagari, but the historical Tirhuta script, Tirhuta and Kaithi scripts retained some use until today. Official status In 2003, Maithili was included in the 8th Schedule, Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution as a recognised language of India, Indian language, which allows it to be used in education, government, and other official contexts in India. The Maithili language i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwasa Devi
Vishwasa Devi (Maithili: विश्वास देवी, Romanised: ''Viśvasadevi'') was the queen of the Mithila Kingdom in the Oiniwar Dynasty during the 15th-century. She ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom after the death of the '' King Padmasimha''. She ruled the kingdom for twelve years since 1431 CE to 1443 CE. She was the tenth ruler in the Oiniwar Dynasty of the Kingdom. Apart from being the ruler of the kingdom, she was also an eminent scholar of the Sanskrit literature. Later life Her names in different historical documents are written with slightly different spelling. They are ''Vishwasa Devi'', ''Viśvasadevi'', ''Visvasadevi'' and ''Viswavasa Devi''. She was married to the ''King Padmasimha'' of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. Padmasimha was the brother of the King Shivasimha in Mithila. After the marriage with King Padmasimha, she became the queen of the kingdom. The king Padmasimha later died in 1431 CE without having a child. Since the king was chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidyapati
Vidyapati ( – 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. He had knowledge of, and composed works in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and Maithili. Vidyapati's influence was not just restricted to Maithili and Sanskrit literature but also extended to other Eastern Indian literary traditions. The language at the time of Vidyapati, the prakrit-derived late Abahattha, had just begun to transition into early versions of the Eastern language such as Maithili. Thus, Vidyapati's influence on making these languages has been described as "analogous to that of Dante in Italy and Chaucer in England". Early life Vidyapati was born to a Maithil Brahmin family in the village of Bisapī (now Bisfi) in the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithila (region)
Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north. It comprises certain parts of Bihar and Jharkhand states of India and adjoining districts of the Koshi Province, Bagmati Pradesh and Madhesh Province of Nepal. The native language in Mithila is Maithili language, Maithili, and its speakers are referred to as Maithils. Mithila is commonly used to refer to the Videha Kingdom, as well as to the modern-day territories that fall within the ancient boundaries of Videha. Until the 20th century, Mithila was still ruled in part by the Raj Darbhanga. History In Jainism Mithilā is one of the most significant pilgrimage sites in Jainism. Apart from its association with ''Mahavira'', the 24th Tirthankara, it is also known for its association with ''Mallinatha'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Hindu Monarchs
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15th-century Queens Regnant
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