Gītagovinda, circa 1700-1850; गीतगोविन्द,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Jayadeva, active 12th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for recitation and contemplation and is a poetic exploration of the amorous relationship between the Hindu deities Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā. Kṛṣṇa is presented not as an avatar of Viṣṇu, but as the essence of the universe itself. First literary work to fully develop the figure of Rādhā, the cow herdess, and her relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Poem is often approached as a devotional text by modern Vaiṣṇavas. Manuscript is not complete, ending on the 134th verse.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Radha (Hindu deity) Poetry; Radha (Hindu deity); Krishna (Hindu deity) Poetry; Krishna (Hindu deity); Love poetry, Indic; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Vaishnavism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poetry; Poems; Drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 8 x 22 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.; Explicit: daṃpatyor iha ko na ko na tamasi vrīdāvimiśro rasaḥ // 134 // (f. 13r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Scribe has doodled drawings of elephants, birds, and a face on various leaves of the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts