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 5 - A Critical and Musical estimate of Kisora-chandrananda-champu
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it is not possible to express the complete emotion within four steps of a poem. So, it may increase and for that the word caupadī is popularly known as a musical composition of four or more than four steps of a poem. So it may increase and for that the word caupadi is popularly known as a musical 69 composition of four or more than four steps. The word caupadi might have
developed from the Sanskrit word 'Caupadi, but no similarity is found between
these two varieties. Except the Purāṇa and other texts of literature the small
musical compositions composed in different tunes were regarded as caupadīs.
From the sixteenth century this word is prevalent in ancient Odia literature.70 At
that time the Sanskritised Odia language has gained popularity and was used
by the elite of society for their literacy and cultural purposes." In the musical
texts of Sanskrit the small poems are categorized as citrapadā, citrakalā,
dhruvapadā and pañcālī category. 72 The ancient Odia caupadi songs are
73 included in the citrakalā and dhruvapadā.3 The first step of a caupadi is known
as ghoṣ� or dhruva, second step is antarä, third step is sañcārī and the fourth
step is abhoga or in Odia it is called as bhaṇitā in which the name of the
composer is found. 74 The ancient songs of Odia were developed by following
the dhruvapadā style. In this type of composition a long tune, thrilling of the
svara and the ālāpa for more period of time is not found. The prevailing songs
like: - bhajanas, local songs, chandas, the song of local festivals like Rajotsava,
69. Mahanty, J.V., Odia caupadi sahitya (Odia), p.11
70. Ibid, p.10
71. Nanda, G.C., Contribution of Odishan authors to Sanskrit campŭ literature, Ph.D. thesis of Utkal University,
Dept. of Sanskrit, 1999
72. adya citrapada // Saṃgitanārāyaṇa�, 4.1
73. Odiacaupadi sahitya (Odia), p.28
74. Mishra, K.C., Ed. Kiśoracandrānandacampū, p.112
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