Akkamahadevi Complete Vachana Collection Akkamahadevi, daughter of Nirmalashetti and Sumathi in the twelfth century. Akkamahadevi is the first woman poet of Kannada The older sister who renounced all the boredom from an early age, faced a lot of tests. Sakshhat Siva (Mallikarjuna) has been adopted as a husband, a sister who has defied the worldly world and has been a role model for many devotees. Akka Mahadevi, twelfth century (c. 1130-1160) is a Kannada poet, saint and mystic of the Vairashiva