A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.237

v3.c35.s8.237

¹ As late as in the time of W. Jones (As. Res. 3, 183) at Kendulī, the place of birth of Jayadeva, was celebrated a feast, in which the Gītagovinda was sung with a dance during the night. In an inscription of the year 1499 King Pratāparudradeva ordains that female dancers and female Vaiṣṇava singers should learn and sing only the songs of Gītagovinda. One verse from the Gītagovinda has been quoted in an inscription of the year 1292. Cf. M. Chakravarti JASB, N. S. 2, 1906, 166 ff., [S. K. De, HSL, p. 390].