Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c50.8

v1.c50.8

The opinions of a writer called Govardhana is frequently cited by Keśava (pp. 17, 29, 37, 43, 49). There is also a reference to Jayadeva, *paṇḍita-kavi* (p. 17) in the court of an Utkala king. If this person is identical with the poet Jayadeva, who is said to have lived under Lakṣmaṇa Sena of Bengal and who also calls himself Javadeva *paṇḍita-kavi* in his *Gīta-govinda* (xii p. 171)¹, then it is likely that Govardhana, who is quoted immediately before this reference to Jayadeva, may be the poet of that name, who was Jayadeva’s contemporary referred to in the beginning of the *Gīta-govinda*.