Chapter 7 - A comparative analysis of musical potentials of both the works

: Till the twelfth cent. the odisi classical music has laid its foundation but with a limited publicity. The Abhinavagītagovinda, an imitation of Gg was composed by Purusottamadeva, the king of Odisha in the 15th cent. (A.D.1466-1497). This was written by his court poet Kavicandra Rāya Divākara Miśra dedicated and named after his master the ruler of Odisha. 17 In this text 59 räga-s are used within the ten cantos of the poem. The author has combined the classical raga-s with the contemporarily practiced tunes and rhymes in the locality and indicated a large number of musical rāga-s. 18 After the composition of Gg the musical systems were excellently improved
between the 12th and 15th centuries. Some such musical treatises might be
existing at that time, which are not available now. Jayadeva might have accepted
the rāga-s of his requirement but an expert lyric and musician like him, he might
have took some more tunes or even a particular rāga for each song, from such a
treatise. This proves the limited prevalence of classical music and its system at
that time. But the time of Kavisūrya was quite developed in musical or lyrical
poetry.
Many observations prove that Kavisūrya was a famous poet and an expert
musician. He was also a singer of classical music and an excellent composer of
different rāga-s, both the classical rāga-s and local compositions prevailed during
his time. 19 The time, in which Kavisūrya was born, was the prosperous period of
odia rīti-age when the literature was established by the tradition set by Upendra
Bhanja, Abhimanyu Samantasimhar and others. The poetry was ornamented and
17. Panda, R.N., Orissa's contribution in Sanskrit lyrics, p.130
18. Ibid, p.134
19. Behera, K.C., Kisoracandrānandacampű,p.124
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