Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gitagovinda by Miller, Barbara Stoler, ed.

Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gitagovinda

Literature & Fiction

Jayadeva

Poetry

Columbia University Press

Jayadeva’s Gitagovínda 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.

Gita Govinda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna (Clay Sanskrit Library, 6)

Classics

Clay Sanskrit

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Gita Govinda

New Humanity Books,Australia

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Gita Govinda: Jayadevae Poetae Indici Drama Lyricum (1836) (Latin Edition)

Dramas & Plays

Kessinger Publishing

Le Gita-Govinda: Pastorale De Jayadeva (French Edition)

History

Nabu Press

GITA GOVINDA The Dance of Divine Love of Radha & Krishna by Jayadeva Translation by Puran Singh & Paul Smith Jayadeva (circa 1200 AD.) was a Sanskrit poet and most known for his immortal composition, the epic poem/play Gita Govinda that depicts the divine love of Avatar Krishna and his consort, Radha. This poem is considered an important text in the Bhakti (Path of Love) movement of Hinduism. The work delineates the love of Krishna for Radha, the milkmaid, his faithlessness and subsequent return to her, and is taken as symbolical of the human soul’s straying from its true allegiance but returning at length to the God that created it. It elaborates the eight moods of the heroine that over the years has been an inspiration for many paintings, compositions and choreographic works in Indian classical dances. It has been translated to many languages and is considered to be among the finest examples of Sanskrit poetry. Paul Smith has worked with Puran Singh’s powerful & beautiful original free-form poetic version and brought it up to date. Introduction on Life & Times & Poetry of Kayadeva. Glossary. Pages 107. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH’S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ’S ‘DIVAN’. “It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished. Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. “Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz.” Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). “Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz’s Divan off by heart. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, ‘Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children’s books and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Gita Govinda: The Dance of Divine Love of Radha & Krishna

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Jayadeva: Gitagovinda, ein Singspiel von Jayadeva.Indische Philosophie Band 9 Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2013 Vollständiger, durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: <ul>
<li>Gitagovinda: Das indische Hohelied des bengalischen Dichters Jayadeva. Nach der metrischen Übersetzung Friedrich Rückerts neu hrsg. von Herman Kreyenborg, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, [1920].</li> </ul> Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Umschlaggestaltung unter Verwendung des Bildes: Unbekannte indische Künstler des 6. Jahrhunderts: Predigender Eremit Gesetzt aus Times New Roman, 10 pt

Gitagovinda, ein Singspiel von Jayadeva: Indische Philosophie Band 9 (German Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

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