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 鈥淜ishore Chandrananda Champu鈥� by Kabisurya Baladev. The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva whereas The 鈥淜ishore Chandrananda Champu鈥� was written in the 18th century and was intended for a connection between the medieval poetry and modern literature.
Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda
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designed ideally in the mind and then it is projected outside in material sound form. So in the process of both construction and manifestation of a raga, mind and matter are active 114. Regarding the use of r膩ga in Gg. there is no unanimity among the published texts. The critics are also equally divergent in their views on this front. The critical edition of Gg. of B. S. Miller in fact mentions eleven r膩ga-s viz. M膩lava - Songs 1,6 and 13 Gujjar墨 - (2,5,7,11,15,18) Vasanta- (3,14,20) Ramaker墨- (4,24) Kar峁嚹佱弓a- (8) De艣膩khya- (9,16) Desavara岣嵞�- (10,19) Na峁璦r膩ga- (12) Bhairav墨- (17) Var膩岣峣- (21, 22) Vibh膩sa- (23) The r膩ga used in various songs of Gg. differs from one edition to the other. A comparative table of the r膩ga (tunes) mentioned in different editions of Gg. and the serial number of songs are given below: R膩ga-s used by Jayadeva in the songs of Gg 115 114. Svami Prajnanananda, Historical development of Indian music, p.16 115. Panda, R.N.,, Odisha's Contribution to Sanskrit lyrics, p.121 71
