Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.53

Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.53

Language: English

c11.s3.53

Even when Rūpa Gosvāmin rises above his literary and theological prepossessions, he is seldom natural, but produces verses of the usual artificial kind. Here is a purely rhetorical description of Rādhā's lovely face by means of a well-worn¹ conceit (*Lalita-mādhava*, i. p. 68):

Previous: c11.s3.52
Next: c11.s3.54
Up: c11.s3

Linked texts (1)

Lalitamādhava — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1537, Sanskrit