Works of Kalidasa: Edited with an Exhaustive Introduction, Translation and Critical Explanatory Notes v.2 English 1996

This volume contains five Kavyas of Kalidasa: Srngaratilaka, Rtusamhara,Meghaduta, Kumarasambhava and Raghuvamsa. Srngaratilaka and Rtusamhara display the poetic imagination of his early youth. The Meghaduta is the work of his advanced years. The Kumarasambhava and Raghuvamsa are the works of his mature age. His Kavyas are praised for the happy choice of his subjects, for his illustrations derived from nature and human life. In this volume the text is followed by English translation. Each and every Kavya is prefixed with anenglish introduction or an editorial note. The general introduction has been incorporated in the Introduction to the textof Raghuvamsa to which notes are added to discuss the passages where the commentators differ in their interpretations.