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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 4 - The Background and Plot content of Kisora Chandrananda Champu

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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consisting of 34 couplets from ka to kṣa successively, is an unique creation of Odisha which is rare in other parts of the country.16 But in this caupadi-cautiśā only the letters like ca, bha, va, ma, kṣa are written in caupadi style. The other letters are having five to seven-steps. So it will be better to say this poem as giticautiśā in spite of caupadi-cautiśā. But the popularity of this campū as a caupadi can't be ignored. 17 According to Janaki Vallabha Mohanty- The diction of combining Sanskrit campū with Oḍiã songs is established in the Odia literature after the KCC 18 The presence of campu in Oḍiā literature was discussed by Pandit Bānāmbara Acārya for the first time. He explained that - It was written in the Sangitaratnākara� that from the six integral parts of the Prabandha, if any two are found in a poem that is known as Tārāvalī. The other name of that poem is campū.19 In this context Gaurikumar Brahma opines - "I think according to the rhetoricians the writing of prose mixed with poetry should be in one language. I have not seen a campū having two or more than two languages". 20 But it is proved by the introduction of Nalacampū that campū can be written in different languages or by mixing of more than two languages. 21 Kavisūrya has written the KCC by mixing the Sanskrit with the Oḍiā language and he has not done any prohibited or blamed work. According to Trinatha Pattanaik- "Kavisūrya had started writting the campu in Sanskrit by proselines and verses. Then he added 16. Benerji, P., Evolution of Sanskrit lyric poetry of Odisha, p.146 17. Behera, K.C., Kiśoracandrānandacampū, p.112 18. Chatterji, S.K., Kavisūrya Baladeva Ratha O Kiśoracandrānandacampű (Odia), p.6 19. Ibid, p.7 20. Ibid, p.9 21. Ibid, p.9 94

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