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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 5 - A Critical and Musical estimate of Kisora-chandrananda-champu

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poem of four steps whereas the cautiśā is an alphabetical composition serially from ka to kṣa which contains the musical songs composed on traditional music patterns. It also bears the sastric rāga-s and tāla-s. So a caupadi can be included within a cautiśā. In Odia the number 34 is known as cautirisi and the name cautiśā indicates about the thirty-four songs alphabetically. In the temple of Jagannatha at Purĭ the traditional dance and song are performed on different occasions. Therefore, Purī remained as a famous place for the discussion about music and song. From the time of Caitanya many pilgrims and intellectuals have been coming to Purī. Odisha was politically and commercially related to South India and Oḍia literature, music were also seriously influenced by the South. So the caupadi and cautiśā songs contain many words of that Oḍia language which was under the impact of the South-Indian language. 03 For easy memorisation, romantic in nature and musical character the cautiśā songs are still popular in Odisha. 84 There are thirty-four Odia songs in traditional cautiśā style joined to KCC which proves it's belonging to the ancient style. 4.5.3: KCC verses caupadi-cautiśā 83 85 In the middle of the sixteenth century Odisha has lost its political
freedom due to Mughal invasion. But the tradition of composing the caupadi-
cautiśā was not restricted. The poets from that period gave more stress on the
composition of musical songs rather than the puranic literature.
The songs
are composed not only in the sastric rāga-s but also in the chanda-s, a local
pattern of song. The term chanda has been coined from the rootword chandas
83. Mahanty, J.V., Odia caupadi sahitya, p.24
84. Manasinha, Mayadhar, A History of Odia literature, p.42
85. Dasa, Kulamani, Ed. Kavisürya Granthāvalī, p.59
86.Mahanty, J.V., Oḍiā caupadī sāhiṭya, pp.21-34
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