| 释义 |
kirtan|ˈkɪətɑːn|
Also keertan, kirtana.
[Skr.]
(See quots.)
1898B. A. Pingle Indian Mus. (ed. 2) vii. 313 The Kirtana or Hari-kirtana is a musical performance, vocal and instrumental, of a sacred character, the theme of which is always a moral... The Kirtana is a beautiful combination of rhetoric, rhyme and rhythm. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot i. i. 65 During Kirtans her body got stiff and benumbed. 1966J. & R. Godden Two under Indian Sun iii. 82 Indian singing too was usually about the gods, kirtans or sacred poems that told these epics of Krishna, or Rama and his love Sita. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances xv. 129 The poet Jayadeva, author of the Gita Govinda who composed numerous keertans or devotional songs, and whose wife expressed them through dance.
1970Listener 24 Sept. 404/3 The Kirtan..is the traditional song that seems to be always about spiritual love and pain. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 10/2 Tamashas..consisted of long-drawn recitations from mythology and legend, interspersed with bhajans, keertans and folk songs. |