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Kalidas Poem - Sanskrit
Kalidas Poem - Sanskrit
कालिदास संक्षिप्त चरित्र
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kAlidAsa life and works -info
कालिदास संक्षिप्त चरित्र
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Kalidas : Encyclopedia Americana
Written by: Walter Harding Maurer
University of HawaI at Manoe
KALIDASA, (kAlidAsa), India’s greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist . In spite of the
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Kalidas
Introduction
Kalidas was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. Kalidas was first great name in Sanskrit literature after Ashvaghosha. In the intervening three centuries between Asvaghosha (who had a profound influence on the poet) and Kalidas there was some literary effort, but nothing that could compare with the maturity and excellence of Kalidass poetry. Tradition says that he was one of the nine gems of his court, and there is no doubt that his genius was appreciated and he met with full recognition during his life. He was among the fortunate whom life treated as a cherished son and who
experienced its beauty and tenderness more than its harsh and rough edges. Kalidas was well acquainted with contemporary sciences and arts, including politics and astronomy. His knowledge of scientific astronomy was manifestly gleaned from Greek sources, and altogether he appears to have been a product of
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It needs the genius of poets who create literary epics and great thinkers for a language to achieve world-renown. Sanskrit is eminently lucky in this respect. Sages&#; celebration of the wonders of natur, the sky, the stars, mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon, the clouds, fire (&#;Agni&#;) and the