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Brooklyn Museum - Krishna and Radha Seated on a Terrace. The Rādhikā-sāntvanam ('Appeasing Radhka') is a poem composed by the Telugu-language poet and devadasi Muddupalani (1739–90) concerning the marital relationship of the deity Krishna, his new wife Ila, and her aunt Radha and the appeasement of the jealousy of Radha.
The subject matter of the poetry is the love of Radha and Krishna, on the banks of the Yamuna in Vrindavana; their secret trysts in the forests, Krishna's charms including his magic flute, the love of the gopis for Krishna, Radha's viraha on being separated from Krishna and her anguish on seeing him sporting with the other gopis. Much of the ...
The poem has been translated into most modern Indian languages and many European languages. There is a German rendering which Goethe read by F. H . van Dalberg. Dalberg's version was based on the English translation done by William Jones published in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society , Calcutta in 1792.
Radha-Krishna (IAST rādhā-kṛṣṇa, Sanskrit: राधा कृष्ण) is the combined form of the Hindu god Krishna with his chief consort and shakti Radha.They are regarded as the feminine as well as the masculine realities of God, [7] in several Krishnaite traditions of Vaishnavism.
Govindadasa (1535–1613), was a Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna. Living in an atmosphere of Krishna-bhakti preached by Sri Chaitanya (1486–1533), he composed extensively on the Radha-Krishna love legend. He is also known as Govindadasa Kaviraja.
Jayadeva (pronounced [dʑɐjɐˈdeːʋɐ]; born c. 1170 CE), also spelt Jaideva, was a Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda [2] which concentrates on Krishna's love with the gopi, Radha, in a rite of spring. [3]
Most of Meera's poems are dedicated to God in the form of Krishna (left) and some poems include Radha (right), the chief consort of Krishna. [21] A number of compositions by Meera Bai continue to be sung today in India, mostly as devotional songs towards Krishna, though nearly all of them have a philosophical connotation. [22]
Shri Hariram Vyas Ji. Hariram Vyas was a 16th-17th century spiritual poet, classical musician and saint belonging to the Radha Vallabha Sampradaya.He is known to have revealed the Vigraha or Shri Jugal Kishore ji, which is today in Panna (Madhya Pradesh), from a well in Kishore Van in Vrindavan.