Jayadeva biography

Vaishnava Sanskrit poet

For the 9th-century Indian mathematician, see Jayadeva (mathematician).

For other uses, see Jayadev (disambiguation).

Jayadeva (pronounced[dʑɐjɐˈdeːʋɐ]; born c. 1170 CE), also spelt Jaideva, was a Sanskritpoet during the 12th century.

He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda^[2] which concentrates on Krishna's love with the gopi, Radha, in a rite of spring. This poem, which presents the view that Radha is greater than Krishna, is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism.^{[4][better source needed]}

Little is known of his life, except that he was a loner poet and a Hindu mendicant celebrated for his poetic genius in eastern India.

Jayadeva is the earliest dated author of hymns that are included the Guru Granth Sahib, the primary scripture of Sikhism – a religion founded in the Indian subcontinent centuries after his death.^[2][1]

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