New Maxim Cards on Jaydeva’s Gita Govinda

 

Orissa Philatelic Association is releasing a set of 11 Maxim Cards with a folder based on Jaydeva and Gita Govinda on 27 July 2009, the day the stamps will be  released at Bhubaneswar.

For more details contact Mr.Pradip Mohanty, Hon.Secretary,Orissa Philatelic Association, Keonjhar Colony, Kanikachhak, Cuttack-753008. Orissa  E-Mail : mohantypradip@hotmail.com Ph. 09861032965

Jayadeva  was a Sanskrit poet, who lived in  Orissa, circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of the Hindu deity Krishna and his consort, Radha, and is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism .

The Gita Govinda is the best known composition of Jayadeva. It is a lyrical poetry that is organized into twelve chapters. Each chapter is further sub-divided into twenty four divisions called Prabandhas. The prabandhas contain couplets grouped into eights, called Ashtapadis.

This work of Jayadeva conforms to the philosophy of the Vaisnava tradition of the Nimbarka Sampradaya to which he belonged; in which the devotion to Radha Krishna is paramount. Indeed this work inspired such compositions in vernaculars. The first English translation of the Gita Govinda was published by Sir William Jones in 1792, where Kalinga (ancient Orissa) is referred to as the origin of the text. Since then, the Gita Govinda has been translated to many languages throughout the world, and is considered to be among the finest examples of Sanskrit poetry.