ISBN: 9788124606889    Publisher: D.K. Printworld Year of publishing: 2013     Format:  Hardcover No of Pages: 328        Language: English

Rasikapriya is a lakshan granth, a foundational text, of ritikavya or mannered poetry, and Keshavdas is the father of ritikal. It was the early seventeenth century, and in the court of Raja Indrajit of Orchha in Bundelkhand, Keshavdas, the court-poet, would recite short romantic verses and the gathered connoisseurs of poets, musicians and dancers would respond and the atelier would resonate with the many textures and hues of shringara. This book brings together, for the first time, the translation of the entire text in English along with more than 400 paintings collected from a variety of sources.
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