Janabai (c. 1258-c. 1350) was the **Marathi Varkari poet-saint** — born a low-caste Shudra, sold as a household servant to the family of Saint Namdev in Pandharpur. **She wrote over 300 surviving abhangs (devotional songs) to Vithoba** — composing while grinding grain and sweeping floors. **Her poems are remarkable for their intimacy with the divine**, often portraying Vithoba as helping her with domestic chores.
Featured in Mahipati's *Bhaktavijaya* (1762).
Janabai reduces to seven — the number of Varkari slave-saint.