Govardhana (poet)

Govardhana or Govardhanacharya was the court poet of the 12th-century Sena king, Lakshmana Sena. He was a contemporary of Jayadeva and is known for his aryasaptashati (IAST: āryasaptaśatī), a collection of 700 stanzas of erotic poetry following the arya metre.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Bhattacharji, Sukumari (1 January 1980). "A Survey of Sataka Poetry". Indian Literature. 23 (5): 33. JSTOR 23339416.
  2. ↑ Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 3865. ISBN 9788126012213. Retrieved 15 May 2017.


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