Sri Padmanabha Dasa Sir Sri Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma V FRAS, also known as Rama Varma the Learned, was the Maharaja of Travancore from 1880 to 1885 AD, succeeding his elder brother Ayilyam Thirunal on the musnud, or throne. He was a noted scholar of Sanskrit and literary composer in Malayalam, who reversed his brother's policy, liberally patronizing poet Kerala Varma, while hostile to painter Raja Ravi Varma.
- Occupation
- painter
- Position held
- Maharaja of Travancore
- Born
- May 19, 1837
- Died
- August 4, 1885