Word

Jayadeva

Sanskrit

In General

JJayadeva was the author of the famous Vaishnava lyric work called Gita Govindam or Ashtapathi. He was the court poet of Lakshmana Sena of Bengal in 12th AD. This work consists of 12 cantos. The stanzas in this work are grouped into sets of eight verses and hence it is called Ashtapathi. This work describes the love of Radha and Krishna in a style that is most appropriate to the sentiment. The Vaishnava devotees of Lord Krishna treated this as Devotional lyric. Gita Govindam has played a major role in the Bhakti cult of medieval period.