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Oct 25, 2010 · Meghaduta (literally meaning “cloud messenger”) is a lyric poem written by Kalidasa, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets in India. A short poem of only 111 stanzas, it is one of Kalidasa`s most illustrious works.
- Megha Duta
Meghaduta (literally meaning “cloud messenger”) is a lyric...
- Megha Duta
Meghadūta (Sanskrit: मेघदूत literally Cloud Messenger) [1] is a lyric poem written by Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE), considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets. It describes how a yakṣa (or nature spirit), who had been banished by his master to a remote region for a year, asked a cloud to take a message of love to his wife.
The Meghaduta is the lament of an exiled yaksha (a benevolent nature spirit) who is pining for his beloved on a lonely mountain peak. When, at the beginning of a monsoon, a cloud perches on the peak, he asks it to deliver a message to his love in the Himalayan city of Alaka.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Meghadūta – The Theme
- Meghadūta – A Literary Analysis
- Meghadūta – A Celebration of Beauty
- Editor’s Note
- Reading List
So, what is it that which makes the Meghadūta an enduring beacon of lyrical poetry in Sanskrit literature? To answer that, let us understand the theme of the poem in brief. The whole poem is nothing but the message that a husband (Yakṣa) separated from his wife (due to punishment meted out by Kubera) sends to his wife through a messenger. The messe...
The poem continues to be a textbook case where all the five main schools of poetic analysis can be applied and the five features generally expected in good literature appear in equal measures and perfect balance. Where most poems have an abundance of one feature and the others in a supporting role, Meghadūtauses all the features in the best possibl...
The whole poem in its descriptive form is a celebration of beauty. This beauty is divided into four types on the basis of the subject matter. Therefore, we have; 1. भाषासौन्दर्य Bhāśāsaundarya 2. निसर्गसौन्दर्य Nisargasaundarya 3. स्त्रीसौन्दर्य Strīsaundarya 4. विचारसौन्दर्य Vicārasaundarya Bhāśāsaundarya or the beauty of language is expressed thr...
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The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa– M.R. KaleStudies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics – S.K. DeDhvani in ‘Meghaduta’- R. K. MurtyThe Meghaduta or Cloud Messenger is a masterpiece of Sanskrit literature, and was composed by the court poet Kalidasa some time before AD 634 in northern India. A Yaksha or nature deity begs a passing cloud to carry a message across the subcontinent to his grieving consort in the fabled city of Alaká.
Meghadutam (kAlidAsa) मेघदूतम् (कालिदास) MeghadUta. Kalidasa's Cloud Messenger. शापेनास्तङ्गमितमहिमा वर्षभोग्येण भर्तुः ।. स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं ...
Meghaduta, which translates to 'The Cloud Messenger', is a poem that premises around Yaksa, a nature spirit smitten in love with his wife. Dazed in passion, he fails his duties towards his master Kubera and is banished into the wild for a year.
