Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.202
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.202
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Krsnakırtana by Candīdās: It is well-known that the advent of Chaitanya, the great Vaiṣṇavaite preacher (1486-1533 A.D.), flooded Bengal with torrents of devotional songs and music. But it is seldom recognized that the age preceding this new religious wave was rich in mystic Vaiṣṇavaite lyrics and songs, of which the central figure was the great poet Caṇḍīdās (c. 1400 A.D.),