Bhanudatta Misra

Bhanudatta Misra was a Sanskrit poet from the Mithila region of India who has been dated to some time in the late 15th and early 16th century.

[1][2] Bhanudatta's works started to gain popularity, particularly in the early modern period when his compositions, the Rasamānjari and the Rasatarangini received numerous commentaries especially up till the 18th century.

[3] As per Sheldon Pollock; "no other Sanskrit poet exercised anything remotely approaching Bhanudatta's influence on the development of the Hindi literary tradition between 1600 and 1850.".

[1] As per Bhanudatta himself, he was born in the country of Videha corresponding to the Mithila region of modern-day North Bihar in India and belonged to the Maithil Brahmin community.

Speaking of his background in the third person, he states:[1] His father was Ganéshvara, brightest jewel in the crown of poetry, his land, Videha country, where waves of the holy river ripple.