Kalidasa
(Kālidāsa)
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The most celebrated poet and dramatist of the "classical" period of Sanskrit. |
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The most celebrated poet and dramatist of the "classical" period of Sanskrit. Among his works plays — Abhijnana-Sakuntalam, Vikramorvaśīyam and Mālavikāgnimitram; long poems:Raghuvansam, Kumārasarhbliavam, Meghadūtam and Rtusamhāram(?). We still do not know for sure when he flourished — some historians believe that he belonged to the 1st century B.C. |
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