Gita Govinda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna
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 transpor…
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Weitere Autoren: Siegel, Lee (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8147-4078-1
- EAN: 9780814740781
- Produktnummer: 25813817
- Verlag: Clay Sanskrit
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 204 S.
- Masse: H17.2 cm x B11.6 cm x D2.2 cm 207 g
- Gewicht: 207
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