Mahipati Dasa Explained

Mahipati Dasa should not be confused with Mahipati.

Mahipati Dasa
Religion:	Hinduism
Birth Name:	Mahipati Rao
Birth Date:	1611 CE
Birth Place:	Kakhandki, Bijapur district (Present day Karnataka, India)
Death Date:	1681 CE
Death Place:	Bijapur, (Present day Karnataka, India)
Occupation:	Saint, Poet, philosopher, composer, minister

Mahipati Dasa (c. 1611– c. 1681) (popularly referred to as Mahipati of Kakhandki), was a minister, a scholar, and a prominent saint from the Haridasa tradition of Dvaita Vedanta from Karnataka, India.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Karnataka State Gazetteer Part 2. 1000. 1983. Office of the Chief Editor, Karnataka Gazetteer Department, Government of Karnataka. Suryanath Upendra Kamath. Poet Mahipathi Dasa, a great saint poet of Karnataka, was another composer in the line . His life span extended from 1611 A.D. to 1681 A.D. Mohammed Adilshah and Sikandar Adilshah of Bijapur acclaim him as their guru..
2. Book: Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature A-Devo · Volume 1. 1987. 9788126018031. Sahitya Akademi. 883.
3. Book: Medieval Indian History. Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis. 2003. 9788171560622. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. 115.