Jayadeva
Author of Gita Govinda: Love Song of the Dark Lord
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- Jaidev
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- 1170 CE
- Date of death
- unknown
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- male
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- India
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- poet
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- Bhakti Movement
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- Jayadeva was a Sanskrit poet, who lived in what is now Orissa, circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of the Hindu deity Krishna and his consort, Radha, and is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism. He was born to an Utkala Brahmin family in a village called Kenduli Sasan in Orissa.
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A note on editions: the preface states "Documentation of my critical study of the Gitagovinda is presented with the edited Sanskrit text, only in the hardcover edition of this book." The edition I read is a paperback reprint by Motilal Barnarsidass ISBN 81-208-0367-1 which does include the Sanskrit text and the extensive research notes.… (more)