Rāmabhadrāmbā was a poet and

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(r. 1600–34). She wrote the Sanskrit epic '' Raghunathabhyudayam'', 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 '' Ashtavadhanam'' (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 ( adras Madrapurīyaviśvavidyālayaḥ, 1934) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramabhadramba People from Thanjavur district