Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study)
by Manisha Misra | 2012 | 56,963 words
This essay contains an English study of the Gita-Govinda by Jayadeva and the 鈥淜ishore Chandrananda Champu鈥� by Kabisurya Baladev. (1) The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva, who was a devotee of Lord Krishna/Jagannatha and a patron of Odisha culture. The Gitagovinda had widespread influence on Indian art and li...
4. The Chanda of Gitagovinda
It is known that the term chandas is sometimes found in place of vrtta as the general word for metre. Thus syllabic metres are designated aksarachandas as well as aksaravrita. The term varnavrtta is also used. The beats are organised into measured units (gana)73. With the exception of the sloka, metre which allows considerable variation and Puspitagra, which is a syllabic metre with paired quarters of unequal length (ardhasamacatuspadi), the syllabic metres in the Gitagovinda have quarter-stanzas of identical length and form (samacatuspadi). The metres used in the Gitagovinda are Sardulavikriditam, Harini, Vasantatilaka, Sikharini, Malini, Puspitagra, 73. Miller, B.S., Ed. The Gitagovinda of Jayadeva, p.43 00 60
Vamsastha, Drtavilambita, Upendravajra, Prthvi, Upajati. The metres and the order of their frequency within the text are noted by B. S. Miller 74.