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Title

Gītagovinda
गीतगोविन्द

Authors

• Jayadeva, active 12th century
• Śaṅkaramiśra, active 15th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1564
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967848093503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930303407
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6784809

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

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. Contains a commentary, the Rasamañjarī by Śaṅkaramiśra, running parallel above and below the root text.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 67r).
   
• Written in 8-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 67 leaves foliated 1-67, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1815 (1758) (f. 67r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with black line.
   

Extent

1 item (67 leaves) : 13 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīgīItagoviṃde syādhīnabhartṛkāvarṇane suprītapītāṃ parotāmadvādaśaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 67r).

Subjects topical

• Rādhā (Hindu deity)--Poetry--Early works to 1800
• Love poetry, Indic--Early works to 1800
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit--Early works to 1800
• Vaishnavism--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Commentaries
• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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