From this one can understand the popularity of this work. There are more than forty commentaries on this work, apart from regional versions and imitations. By this he has shown his mastery over the science of metrics and his choice of words are appreciated by all the later poets. These ashtapadis are preceded and followed by verses in different meters, numbering about thirteen. Each sub-division called prabandha contain two further division, comprising mostly of eight couplets and hence it is called ashtapadi. He invites critics to examine these aspects, at the end of the work. In this poem, according to the author, he has shown his mastery in music and dance, his devotion to Vishnu, his understanding of science of erotica etc.
It belongs to the medieval Vashnavism and describes the love sports and pangs of separation of Radha and Krishna. In this work, the author has tried to combine religious fervour with eroticism. The author was Jayadeva of twelfth cenrtury. He had also developed the internationally acclaimed cultural learning exhibit on Tibetan Thangka paintings exhibited at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 1989.Ĭommentary – Gitagovindam is a lyrical poetry in twelve chapters, sub-divided into twentyfour divisions called Prabandha. RANJIT MAKKUNI, a researcher at Xerox PARC, USA led the multimedia research and design activities of the Gīta Govinda presentation at IGNCA. Based on this material CD-ROMs are being prepared. This was presented to the public in December, 1997-January, 1998. The multimedia experience makes explicit the dynamics of the variable and the invariable in Indian arts and bears testimony to the phenomenon of the underlying unity within the diversity of Indian culture. – in total, forty giga bytes of authored Gīta Govinda content was presented.
This has involved a major documentation effort in video, audio, photography etc. The two rings represented the poem’s meanings through diverse media. Arranged on the circular axis were the songs of the poem, showing various emotional situations of Radha and Krishna in love. The experience consisted of a network of 13 physical and virtual multimedia spaces that interpreted six songs of the poem spatially, laid out across two circular rings. She is the author of many definitive monographs on the Gīta Govinda including those on the diverse painting schools, specially Mewar, Jaipur, Bundi and Assam. Kapila Vatsyayan, a scholar of Gīta Govinda for over thirty years and an internationally acknowledged authority and pioneer of inter-and multi-disciplinary studies in the humanities, and the arts.
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Bhinn Shadj – A quarterly rare ragas classical music concert series.Sanjari – A Monthly Folk Music Concerts Series.Nirmal Kumar Bose Memorial Lecture Series.Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lectures Series.Loka Parampara: Life-Style Study Series.Ksetra Sampada: Regional Heritage Series.Rock Art & Contemporary Tribal Art Series.Collected Works of Ananda K Coomaraswamy Series.A Descriptive Catalogue of Microfilmed Manuscripts.