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

rested on the political courts. The poets of that time nourished the literature by the combination of imaginary description with the divine characters like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa and with more preference to the later. Following the tradition they created Sanskritised poetry to get publicity and royal recognition with the hope for better appreciation of their poetic talent and art.20 After the end of last Hindu king of Odisha, Mukunda Deva, for two and half of the centuries, Odisha has lost her political freedom. Thus it was ruled by the Mughals, Afgans and the Marāṭhās. After the three decades of the death of Caitanya, the great Vaisnava devotee, Odisha due to lack of a stable political power, divided into many little semi-independent provinces. The local ruling personalities declared themselves as kings and their small regions were announced as states. 21 During that situation all the kings established their administration and ruled
like emperors. They welcomed the intellectual discussion and composition of
poetry which was a part of the routine of the royal courts. The kings protected the
poets with land grants and awarded them with other property like gold, cows,
services by courtiers etc. The poets also tried to please the king and the poetic
compositions were named after the king. This is well-proved by the literary works
written on the history of Oḍia literature, three centuries (17th, 18th, 19th) may be
regarded as the expansion of the said literature. There was an outburst of
Vaiṣṇavic love and devotion which reached a fine climax in the 19th century with its
end with Gopalakṛṣṇa (another blessed Vaiṣṇava poet of Odisha's) compositiors.22
20. Acharya, B.C., Vicāra O Vivecanā, p.52
21. Manasinha, Mayadhara, A History of Oriya literature, p.102
22. Ibid, 103
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