About the Book: The Love Songs of Vidyapati
Vidyapati (c. 1352 1448), called second Jayadeva in his lifetime, is immersed,
charged and inspired by the love of Radha and Krishna. He wrote
emotionally-intensive love songs in Maithili, for the queens of Shiva Simha, his
patron, and the common folk. Though drawn inspiration from Jayadeva, more than
him, Vidyapati presents in his poetry a rare, tender and sensitive understanding
of Radha s psyche. In his love songs Radha, not Krishna, is in the centre stage
and through his nayika Vidyapati is reaching out to each and every woman in
Mithila. Vidyapati presents his songs from a woman s