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Gita Govinda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna
Contributor(s): Jayadeva (Author), Siegel, Lee (Translator)
ISBN: 0814740782     ISBN-13: 9780814740781
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
OUR PRICE:   $21.85  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
Dewey: 891.21
LCCN: 2008033944
Series: Clay Sanskrit Library
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.3" W x 6.5" (0.45 lbs) 262 pages
 
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Jayadeva's Gitagov nda is a lyrical account of the illicit springtime love affair of Krishna and Radha, a god and goddess manifesting on earth as a cowherd and milkmaid for the sake of relishing the sweet miseries and rapturous delights of erotic love. The narrative framing their bucolic songs was composed under royal patronage in northeastern India in the twelfth century. It was to be performed for connoisseurs of poetry and the erotic arts, for aesthetes and voluptuaries who, while sensually engaged, were at the same time devoted to Krishna as Lord of the Universe. The text at once celebrates the vicissitudes of carnal love and the transports of religious devotion, merging and reconciling those realms of emotion and experience. Erotic and religious sensibilities serve, and are served by, the pleasures of poetry. In the centuries following its composition, the courtly text became a vastly popular inspirational hymnal. Jayadeva's songs continue to be sung throughout India in fervent devotional adoration of Krishna.