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Sulabha was a female scholar in the ancient Mithila Kingdom. She was a Vedic scholar and a learned woman who belonged to the mendicant order. She was well-versed in Yoga.

Andal, also known as Kothai, Nachiyar, and Godadevi, was the only female Alvar amongst the twelve Hindu poet-saints of South India. She was posthumously considered an avatar of the goddess Bhudevi.

Vagambhrni was a woman seer mentioned in the Rigveda. Women seers were called Rishikas and Brahmavadinis.

Lalleshwari (1320–1392) also known as Lalla was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called Vatsun or Vakhs, meaning speech.