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    The Gita Govinda (Sanskrit: गीतगोविन्दम्; IAST: gītagovindam) is a work composed by the 12th-century Hindu poet, Jayadeva. It describes the relationship...
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    in the 12th-century Gita Govinda in Sanskrit by Jayadeva, as well as Nimbarkacharya's philosophical works. Thus in the Gita Govinda Krishna speaks to Radha:...
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    symbol for the arrival of spring and the colour of love. Jayadeva in the Gita Govinda compares these blossoms to the red nails of Kamadeva or Cupid, with which...
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    Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda which concentrates on Krishna's love with the gopi, Radha, in a rite...
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  • incarnations of Vishnu in his composition Dasakritikrite. Additionally, the Gita Govinda begins with a Dasavatara stotra. In Jayadeva's version of Dasavatara...
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    700 verses and was written in the 1st century CE. Later, the popular Gita Govinda written by Jayadeva in 12th century CE widely depicted Radha and Krishna...
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    core texts of Odissi music are: Gita Govinda of Jayadeva (12th century) Sangita Sara of Hari Nayaka (14th century) Gita Prakasa of Krusnadasa Badajena...
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    lila and were romanticized in the poetry of Jayadeva, author of the Gita Govinda. They are also central to the development of the Krishna bhakti traditions...
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  • Ashtapadis or Ashtapadi refers to the Sanskrit hymns of the Gita Govinda, composed by Jayadeva in the 12th century. The ashtapadis, which describe the...
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    lived for himself. The conch is named after the daitya. In the Bhagavad Gita, the Panchajanya is mentioned: Then, Lord Krishna blew His conchshell, called...
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    Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. In certain Hindu texts, such as the Gita Govinda, Krishna has been identified as supreme God and the source of all avatars...
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    Krishna as an avatara of Vishnu is known as Leela Purushottama. In Bhagavad Gita verse 10.15, Arjuna fully accepts Krishna's divine nature and acknowledges...
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    was fully developed. Jayadeva, in his Pralaya Payodhi Jale from the Gita Govinda, includes Balarama and Buddha where Krishna is equated with Vishnu and...
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    out in ancient Sanskrit literature. Classical Odia literature & the Gita Govinda set to traditional Odissi music are used for the abhinaya. Odissi is...
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    traditional story described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavata Purana and Gita Govinda, where Krishna dances with Radha and the gopis of Braj. Rasalila has...
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    dedicated to gopis in Dwarka Ashtasakhi Raslila Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Gita Govinda Lalita Sakhi Phyllis G. Jestice (2004). Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural...
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    beings. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in his commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita, states that Govinda means "master of the senses". An 8th century Hindu devotional...
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  • inspired by the Dashavatara (Sanskrit: दशावतारकीर्तिधवलम्) section of Gita Govinda of Jayadeva, a lyrical composition of 12th century, which has the same...
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    to this view can understand the 12th-century poet Jayadeva, in whose Gita Govinda (10.9) Krishna beneath Radha. Scholaes sometimes count the Radhavallabhis...
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    of the Vaisnava mythic hierarchy. But in the opening chapter of his Gita Govinda, the poet Jayadeva claims that Vishnu reincarnated as the Buddha to condemn...
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    mentioned in literature such as the Bhagavata Purana, the Harivamsa, and the Gita Govinda. The metaphor of the swing of the monsoon or 'Sawan Ke Jhuley' have since...
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    Upanishads Vaikhanasa Pancharatra Bhagavad Gita Mahabharata Ramayana Harivamsa Divya Prabandha Gita Govinda Puranas Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma...
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    Dwija; Sri Bhagavata Matsya Charita of Nitananda Kayastha, A.D 1644–50; Gita Govinda, translated by Kaviraj Chakravarti, A.D. 1644- 50; Lava Kushar Yudha...
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    Rasa lila is described in Hindu texts like the Bhagavata Purana and Gita Govinda as a night in Vrindavan when Krishna danced with his gopi-consort Radha...
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    Vaishnava acharyas, and a place where for the first time the famous poem Gita Govinda was introduced into the liturgy. Vaishnavism in the 8th century came...
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    Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India. It is known for dance music, which comes in many different styles. Dances from the region are often ritual in nature...
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  • in south India in the wake of the increasing popularity of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda or Ashtapadis. The name derives from two Malayalam or Sanskrit words:...
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    of Bhagavan, that arranges and enhances all his pastimes” in the Bhagavad Gita. The goddess Vindhyavasini gets her name from the Vindhya Range, literally...
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    described in texts such as the Harivamsa, Bhagavata Purana, and the Gita Govinda. The name Gopinath is a Sanskrit compound. Generally, Gopinath is understood...
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    that Balarama is an incarnation of both Vishnu and Shesha. In the Bhagavad Gita, in the middle of the battlefield Kurukshetra, Krishna, explaining his omnipresence...
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