Venkatamakhin

Venkatamakhi
Other namesVenkateswara
Occupations
  • Minister
  • Scholar
Years activefl.c. 1630
Notable workChaturdandiprakashika
FatherGovinda Dikshita

Venkatamakhin (IAST: Veṅkaṭamakhin; fl.c. 1630[1]) or Venkatamakhi, was an Indian poet, musician, and musicologist of Carnatic music.[1] He is renowned for his Chaturdandiprakashika in which he explicates the melakarta system of classifying ragas.[2] Venkatamakhin composed geethams and prabandhas, as well as 24 ashtapadis in praise of Lord Thyagaraja of Tiruvarur.