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(r. 1600–34). She wrote the Sanskrit epic ''

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'', a biography of her husband. Ramabhadramba was also a disciple of the Telugu poet Chengalva Kalakavi. Tharu and Lalita says that she "could compose poetry in three languages and was an expert in ''

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'' (the capacity to attend to eight different intellectual activities at the same time)." They also claim that she was a historian who left behind "accounts of the political and military events in Raghunandanayaka's reign" and has documented the presence of several women composers in the court.

References

* * Tharu, Susie and K. Lalita (Ed.). "Introduction." Women Writing in India. 600 B.C to the Present. New York: The Feminist Press, 1991. * Rāmabhadrāmbā, 'Raghunāthābhyudayam', in ''Sources of Vijayanagar History (Selected and Edited for the University)'', ed. by S. Krishnaswami Ayyangar nd A. Rangaswami Sarasvati The Madras University Historical Series, 1 (Madras: University of Madras, 1919), pp. 284–302 o. 91 https://archive.org/details/sourcesofvijayan00krisrich. * ''Raghunāthābhyudayamahākāvyam: Rāmabhadrāmbāviracitam'', ed. by Ti. Rā. Cintāmaṇiḥ, Bulletins of the Sanskrit Department, University of Madras, 2 (

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