Madhura Bhava and the Erotic Mysticism of Radha-Krishna Devotion in Select Songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam
International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences May 1, 2026 Poumita Paul
The Radha-Krishna tradition in South Asian devotional literature provides a significant space where divinity, love, and emotional intensity converge. Within this framework, Kazi Nazrul Islam reconfigures devotional expression through a sensuous and psychologically nuanced poetic idiom. His selected songs foreground Madhura Bhava as a devotional mode in which longing, anticipation, and embodied...