Essay name: Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study)
Author:
Manisha Misra
Affiliation: Utkal University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay contains an English study of the Gita-Govinda by Jayadeva and the “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� by Kabisurya Baladev. The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva whereas The “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� was written in the 18th century and was intended for a connection between the medieval poetry and modern literature.
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specific elements which constitute the framework of culture. The cultural man
reveals and relishes the flavor of Sahitya. Sangita and Kalā. The man devoid of
the delicate vision is a beast in bodily form. In true function of the term culture
embodies these three elements which have been specified as there distinct
sections of the Department of culture. In the context of the study of Jayadeva's
Gītagovindam, it is in fitness of the fact thatJayadeva should be taken as a
model of culture and Odishan culture in particular. His poem is an artistic and
generic composition. It has uniqueness as it is the senses of Sahitya, Sangita
and Kalā. Poet Jayadeva's Gg had widespread influence on Indian art and
literature for its mellifluous music and lyrical grace. It is unique for its high
spiritual treasure of devotion and deepest philosophical truths. This epic
presents very forcibly the great devotion of the poet. This glorious lyrical poem
contains twelve cantos, twenty four songs along with seventy-two verses. The
name of Jayadeva is most important in the panel of lyric poets of Odisha, and
he is lauded as the master of sweetest lyrics in the Sanskrit language. He was
a devotee of Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu) and in praise of his Lord composed his
immortal poem towards the last part of twelfth century A.D. Soon after its
composition the popularity of the Gg rose to eminence, crossed its homeland
and traveled to other parts of India. Within a few centuries the Gg was rendered
into pictorial narrations and several commentaries were added to it and
imitations were written by later poets. Jayadeva has adequately and abundantly
expressed the tangled relationship of man and woman, their feelings and
sentiments in a simple and lucid way in his verses. The musical dictation of
every stanza and the felicity of expressions captivate the readers mind. The
