Śrīkṛṣṇa-kīrtana

poem by Caṇḍīdās

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place in Bengali literature

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    In South Asian arts: Bengali

    …distinctively Bengali style is the Śrīkṛṣṇa-kīrtana (“Praise of the Lord Krishna”), a long padāvalī poem by Caṇḍīdās, which is dated to the early 15th century. In it the poet praises the virtues and celebrates the loves of Krishna, a theme that had remained popular in Bengal ever since its first…

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