Jayadeva

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a celebrated Hindu poet, who, according to some, lived about the middle of the 11th, according to others about the middle of the 16th century after Christ. His most renowned work is the Gitagovinda, an erotic poem in honor of the Hind deity Krishna (an incarnation of Vishnu) and his wife R dh. It is interpreted both in a literal and a mystical sense.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A Hindu poet, born near Burdwân, in Bengal, flourished in the 12th century, whose great work, the "Gita Govinda," the "Song of the Shepherd Krishna," has been translated by Sir Edwin Arnold as the "Indian Song of Songs," in celebration of the love of Krishna and his wife Radha; it has often been compared with the "Song of Songs," in the Hebrew Scriptures.