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Kālidāsa (Sanskrit: कालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. [1] [2] His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter ...
Kalidasa was a Sanskrit poet and dramatist, probably the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. The six works identified as genuine are the dramas Abhijnanashakuntala (“The Recognition of Shakuntala”), Vikramorvashi (“Urvashi Won by Valour”), and Malavikagnimitra (“Malavika and Agnimitra”); the epic.
- Edwin Gerow
Famous poet /?-420 • Ranked #92 in the top 500 poets. Kalidasa stands as a towering figure in Classical Indian Literature. His works, composed in Sanskrit, are celebrated for their lyrical beauty, intricate narratives, and profound insights into human nature.
Sep 6, 2021 · Influence of Kālidāsa on Eastern and Western worlds. His writings made a great influence on the Indian and Western world. In India, these works became an inspiration for many later literary works. The traditions of the khaṇḍakāvyas, dūtakāvyas were started after the Meghadūtam.
May 24, 2023 · Kalidasa is one of the greatest Sanskrit poets and dramatists of ancient India. There is very little available in historical records about his life. Although concrete details are few, what is universally recognized is his having been a prolific artist during the Gupta period. The Gupta Period is also called the ‘Golden Age of India,’.
May 18, 2018 · Kalidasa (active late 4th-early 5th century) was classical India's master poet and dramatist. He demonstrated the expressive and suggestive heights of which the Sanskrit language is capable and revealed the very essence of an entire civilization.
KALIDASA, (kAlidAsa), India's greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist . In spite of the celebrity of his name, the time when he flourished always has been an unsettled question, although most scholars nowadays favor the middle of the 4th and early 5th centuries A.D., during the reigns of Chandragupta II VikramAditya and his successor KumAragupta .
