Gītagovinda : love songs of Rādhā and Krsna

Responsibility: by Jayadeva ; translated by Lee Siegel ; with a foreword by Sudipta Kaviraj.
Uniform Title: Gītagovinda. English & Sanskrit
Language: English, Sanskrit. In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages; includes translations from Sanskrit.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2009.
Physical description: xlvii, 204 p. ; 17 cm.
Series: Clay Sanskrit library 40.

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Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publisher's summary: Jayadeva's "Gitagovinda" 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.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Publication date: 2009
Title variation: Gita-govínda : love songs of Radha and Krishna
Series: Clay Sanskrit library ; 40
Note: Green Library copy 2 (Bender): Gift of Andrew Byong Soo Kim and Wan Kun Rha Kim Family Foundation in honor of John Clay.
ISBN: 9780814740781 (cl : alk. paper); 0814740782 (cl : alk. paper)

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