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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Govinda-bhaṭṭa''', known by his [[pen name]] '''Akbariya Kālidāsa''' ("[[Kalidasa]] of Akbar"), was a 16th-century [[Sanskrit]]-language court poet from present-day India. His patrons included [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa]]'s ruler Ramachandra and the [[Mughal Emperor|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]].{{sfn|E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya|1947|p=567}}<br />
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== Works ==<br />
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The texts attributed to Govindabhatta include:<br />
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* ''Akabari-vilasa''{{sfn|Ludwik Sternbach|1978|p=61}}<br />
* ''Birudavali''{{sfn|E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya|1947|p=568}}<br />
* ''Ramachandra-yashah-prabandha'', a panegyric on Ramachandra of Rewa{{sfn|E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya|1947|p=567}}<br />
* ''Stutimalika''{{sfn|Ludwik Sternbach|1978|p=61}}<br />
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Govindabhatta appears to have become quite popular, as his verses appear in at least six anthologies of the 17th and the 18th centuries.{{sfn|E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya|1947|p=568}} The texts that cite his verses include ''Subhashita-haravali'' (c. 1650), ''Padyamrta-tarangini'' (c. 1673), ''Rasika-jivana'' (later than c. 1735), Sundaradeva's ''Sukti-Sundara'', ''Padyareni'', and ''Padyarchana''.{{sfn|E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya|1947|pp=567-570}}<br />
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Most of Govindabhatta's extant verses are devoted to description and praise of kings.{{sfn|Ludwik Sternbach|1978|p=61}} The kings praised by him include Akbar (whom he calls Kabilendra or Jallaladin) and Ramachandra of Rewa (whom he calls Vaghela).{{sfn|E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya|1947|p=566}} He may have adopted the pen-name "Akbariya Kalidasa" to please Emperor Akbar.{{sfn|Ludwik Sternbach|1978|p=61}}<br />
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In his poems, Govindabhatta pays homage to the gods [[Vishnu]], [[Shiva]], [[Bhavani]], [[Ganesha]], [[Krishna]], [[Durga]], and Jvalapa ([[Jwala Ji|Jvalamukhi]]).{{sfn|Ludwik Sternbach|1978|p=61}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Tansen]], another courtier of Akbar originally in service of Ramachandra<br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{cite book |author=E. V. Vira Ragahavacharya |chapter=Akbariya-Kalidasa Alias Govindabhatta (16th century) |title=Bhārata-kaumudī: studies in Indology in honour of Dr. Radha Kumud Mookerji |volume=Part II |year=1947 |publisher=Indian Press |location=Allahabad |oclc=618204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jns9AAAAMAAJ }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=Ludwik Sternbach |title=A Descriptive Catalogue of Poets Quoted in Sanskrit Anthologies and Inscriptions |volume=1: Aṁśudhara-Dhoyī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iL0ZAAAAMAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Otto Harrasowitz |isbn=978-3-447-01978-1 }}<br />
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[[Category:16th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Sanskrit poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Akbar]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from the Mughal Empire]]</div>Vanmathiscp