Ramananda Ray
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Ramananda Ray (IAST: Rāmānanda Rāya) lived in the Indian state of Odisha (Oḍiśā) during the latter part of the 15th century to around the middle part of the 16th century CE.
He was the son of Bhavānanda Rāya , a resident of the village of Ālālānātha (Brahmagiri) about 12 miles west of Jagannātha Purī, Oḍiśā. Their family belonged to the noted Odia Kāyastha/Karaṇa community.[1] Rāmānanda Rāya had four brothers named Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, Kalānidhi, Sudhānidhi, and Vāṇīnātha Nāyaka. [2] He served as a government officer under Emperor Prataparudra Deva, who reigned the Gajapati Kingdom from 1497 to 1540 CE, and his main office was being the Viceroy or governor of Rajamahendri [3] (present day Rajamahendravaram of Andhra Pradesh) on the bank of the Godavari river.
References
- ^ Prabhupāda, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. "CC Ādi 10.131, purport". Vedabase.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ Prabhupāda, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. "CC Ādi 10.134, verse and purport". Vedabase.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ Savitiri Rout (1 January 1972). Women Pioneers In Oriya Literature. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-81-208-2546-8.
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