Gita Govinda songs of Jayadeva translated from the Sanskrit by Dharanidhar 1840.The Gita Govinda (Song of Govinda) is a work composed by the 12th-century poet, Jayadeva, who was born in Kenduli Sasan near Puri in Orissa. It describes the relationship between Krishna and the gopis (female cow herders) of Vrindavana, and in particular one gopi named Radha. This work has been of great importance in the development of the bhakti traditions of Hinduism.

Gita Govinda

45 × 50 cm.

“Indian script” photographs collection.

19th century

Sanskrit is one of the oldest known languages over thousands of years. It is also called "Dev Vani" (the language of gods) as it is said that Brahma introduced this language to the Sages of celestial bodies. It is believed that the Sanskrit language came from Indo-European language family of Indian subcontinent.

Subjects

Indian- Language and Languages

Indo-Aryan Languages

Sacred Songs

Photograph

Photograph was laminated by CILS, Mysore. It is procured from Calcutta. Displayed in photograph section.

Centre for Information on Language Sciences, Mysore