Jayadeva

Jayadeva ( Sanskrit: जयदेव Jayadeva [ dʒʌjʌd̪e ː ʋʌ ] ) was an Indian poet of the 12th century, considered in Vaishnavism as a saint. Jayadeva lived in the village of Sasan near Puri Kenduli in today's Indian state of Orissa.

His birthplace Kenduli Sasan (formerly Kindubilva ) is located a few kilometers from Puri between the rivers Prachi and Kusabhadra. Here About historians today are largely in agreement, so Jayadeva no more than in the western Bengal poet laureate at the time of the king Lakshmanasena applies (around 1180-1202 ).

His main work is the Gitagovinda, which originated in the 12th century and to this day is an influential writing in relation to art, literature and religion. Likewise, his lyrical work for the worship of Krishna devotional is used, it plays an important role in certain feasts and supplies mythical narratives for the dance Ras lila. In the Jagannatha Temple in Puri, the Gitagovinda is recited daily.

As a saint Jayadeva is known all over India, and his hagiography is more famous than his lyrical work. Jayadeva is considered as an ascetic, who as poet laureate teacher and guru even for the King. With his wife Padmavati, he is said to have married according to legend, a temple dancer, he represents the love between Vishnu and Lakshmi or between Radha and Krishna.