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.
Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda
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Chapter- II A CRITICAL AND MUSICAL STUDY OF THE GĪTAGOVINDA 2.0 Introduction The popularity of Gītagovindam can be judged from the fact that 132 imitations (listed by Banamali Rath) in Mss. and printed forms commencing from 14 th till 20th century have been created in different regions of India. Several translations in English, German, French, Latin, Dutch, Hungarian and Singhalese languages have been published between 18th -20th centuries. More than 1500 unpublished Mss. are still available in different museums in India and abroad and in the libraries as well as with individual collectors'. 2.1 TheLiterarymeritsofthe Gītagovinda The Gitagovinda is resourceful with every literary aspect. Due to its excellence in style and quality it could have filled up the vacuum singularly with its merit even if there is no existence of any other Sanskrit poem in Odisha². 2.1.1 The Sentiment (rasa) All the rhetoricians agree with this decision that the sentence having some aesthetic relish or sentiment is regarded as a poem. There are nine sentiments used in literature such as - erotic, lafter, grief, anger, bravery, fear, peace and hatred, but later the sentiment of devotion to a deity and the affection related 1. Misra, Manisha Sixty-four Art forms and the Gītagovindam, M.Phil Dissertation of Utkal University, Dept. of Sanskrit, 2008, p.95 2. Panda, R.N.,, et.al. Ed. Contribution of Odisha to Sanskrit Literature, p.52 3. Kane, P.V., Ed. Sähitvadarpaṇa, p.68 43
