History of Classical Sanskrit Literature c19.s4.13

c19.s4.13

⁴ Printed Kāvyamāla, Bombay. There is a commentary on it by Cakravarṭi. It is in fact Gītagovinda dramatised. "The piece is also in its different portions supposed to be applicable to the different seasons of the year, at which the chief festivals in honour of Kṛṣṇa are held, or the festival of Spring in Chaitra of Vaisakha, that of the birth of Kṛṣṇa in Sravana of the rains, and the Rāsayātra or dance of Kṛṣṇa with the Gopis in the autumn." Wilson, *Theatre*, II. 393.