Other Compositions Of Jaya Deva

radharajan · Post by **radharajan** » 28 Jun 2008, 19:51

namsthe!
can any body tell me, whether sri jayadeva composed any other songs than gita govinda?
thanks in advance,
radharajan

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 28 Jun 2008, 23:31

Radharajan,

AFAIK, all of SrI jayadEvA's compositions are contained within the gItagOvinda, a celebration of the love between rAdhA and krishNa, written explicitly to be part of the nartana sEvA offered to Lord jaggannAth of pUrI every evening (he may have been inspired to do this because his wife, padmAvatI was a temple dancer). The entire magnum opus has 12 chapters or sargas and each of these has 24 prabandhas. The ashTapadIs form the prabandhas - an ashTapadi is just a grouping of 8 couplets. I do not know how many ashTapadis exist in total.

Lji can correct me if I am wrong.

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 29 Jun 2008, 00:05

rs,
I would like to invite your attention to 'gOpika gItaM' which is given in Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 10, Chapter 31. According to bhAgavata tradition, during the bhajans, gOpikA gItaM is sung by all-male group along with dance (females do not participate in the dance).

IMHO, gOpikA gItaM was the inspiration for jaya dEva's gIta gOvindaM (apart from the name of his wife).

In fact, there is a school of thought that the whole of bhAgavataM was written in South India - because of certain descriptions of childhood kRSNa - his food habits etc. which are not found in North India.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Jun 2008, 00:16

There is some information on this here:

http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/oris ... e40-42.pdf

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 29 Jun 2008, 01:21

Lji,

I think the author of that article is trying to make a point that Jayadeva probably knew much about atsrology and math, in addition to mythology, that it is possible he authored other works...not necessarily, compositions. The daSAvatAra composition cited, 'praLaya payOdhi jalE', is part of the gItagOvinda.

VGV,

In Madras, in the TTD temple, there is a tradition of male dancers performing a ritualistic dance (I have been told this. I have not seen it). Have you seen it, and is it the one you refer to?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Jun 2008, 01:51

rshankar: I must confess I did not go through the article. I have only the aSTapadi songs of Jayadeva including praLaya payOdhijalE.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 29 Jun 2008, 02:18

In North Alabama there is Jagannath Temple (Near Huntsville) where singing of Dasavatharam - "praLaya payOdhijalE" is a must every day. This temple is modelled after Puri Jagannath temple.

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 29 Jun 2008, 09:56

rs,
kindly refer to Sampradaya Bhajana - http://www.keralaiyers.com/culture-sampradayabhajana

During Divyanamasankeerthanam, Lord Krishna is represented as the deepam (Lamp) and is kept in a central position and those who participate in it are considered (Sankalpam) as Gopis. This part is known as deepa pradakshinam. The various keerthanas sung during deepa pradakshinam are sung in his praise and Gopika geetham which is the essence of Bhagavatam (Dasama Skandam) is chanted.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 29 Jun 2008, 18:05

There is a hymn on gangA that is attributed to him and an ashTapadi that is a different version of his 3rd that is rendered during the sItA kalyANa festivity during navami. If anyone is interested, I can try to get the lyrics and post them here.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 29 Jun 2008, 19:26

KMRasika,

Please do!

VGV,

Thanks.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 30 Jun 2008, 07:50

Ravi,
It is araiyar ATTam you are thinking of, I guess. You can see them in old vaishnavite temples on certain festive days.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 05 Jul 2008, 08:21

Lyrics of gangA stOtram follows. What language is this? I think the ashTapadI meter is employed.

rAga: madhyamAvati tALa: miShracApu

c1. madhumathana mUrtivara indukara kArmukam vahasi bahuvAri sutarangE
haricaraNa naga bidura jagadaNDa nirgatA brahma jala pAtra kr.ta sangE

p. namO dEvi gangE namO dEvi gangE hara nigila, aghaM aLakanandE

c2. tvamasi janapAvinI caturudadhi gAminI sapta r.shi kula sukr.ta sArE
kanaka giri langkitE sakala muni vanditE hara mukuTa sita kusuma mAlE

3. sagarasuta sangamE vasadamara sundarI dUtikE dushkr.ti durApE
niraya gati bAdhakE nirvANa sAdakE bhaktajana hr.ta santApE

4. tIrthavara kAriNi pUrvajOddhAriNi hima Shaila pAshANa bhEdE
nAgaram plAvayasi pUrayasi sAgaram sangatA vindhya giri pAdE

5.Shubha salila nirdhauta puLivaiti kurvatastava nAma nirmalAlApam
vanditA vIkshitA cintitA(a)vagAhitA majjitA mamaharasi pApam

6. iha nikhila munigaNaiH iha nikhila suragaNaiH iha nikhila vedairudArE
pIyasE gIyasE sdhUyasE jahnumuni kanyakE samsAra sArE

7. gaNDUsha miha mE aghaShatam adhijayatu tavakara nikara gambhIra tOyE
paralOka bandhurasi sundara sindhurasi taTini surasadana sAdhanOpAyE

8. iti rAma lakshmaNa kauShikAnu~jnayA sura sarit kr.ta namaskAram
bhaNanna miha sAdaram dhIra jayadEva kavimuddhArayasi bhavajaladhi pAram

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Jul 2008, 09:51

kmrasika,

Is this not sanskrit? I understood that Sri jayadEva composed only in sanskrit. This is a nice composition, and you are correct in that the 8 caraNas are grouped together like an ashTapadi - the only question I have, and maybe you or Lji can answer that - do the other ashTapadis have the traditional pallavi, anupallavi, caraNam structure?