Jayadeva (born around 1170 CE), sometimes known as Jaideva, was a Sanskrit poet of the 12th century. He is best known for his epic poem Gita Govinda, which focuses on Krishna's love for the gopi Radha at a spring ritual. The poem contains many references to Hindu gods and philosophers such as Shankara and Ramanuja. Jayadeva was born in northern India and belonged to the Vakataka dynasty. His original name is not known, but he is referred to as "Jaideva" in some documents. He was probably married and had children. There are several poems by him that have survived today with some modifications being made to them over time. One of these is the Gitagovinda, or Song of the Gosavi Buddha, which has similarities with Jayadeva's Gita Govinda. He may have been influenced by other poets such as Bilhana who lived around the same time. Both wrote about Krishna's love for the gopi Radha and used similar language and metaphors to express this feeling. It is also possible that both of them wrote separate poems and they just happened to use similar words to describe their feelings. Jayadeva died around 1265 CE. His greatest achievement was probably writing the Gitagovinda, which was originally written in Sanskrit but has been translated into many different languages including Hindi.