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 poems.

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

Explore the life and legacy of Mahakabi Kalidasa, one of ancient India's greatest poets and playwrights. Discover his major works, including 'Shakuntala,' 'Meghaduta,' and 'Kumarasambhava,' as well as his profound influence on Sanskrit literature and culture.

Kalidasa understood in the fifth century what Europe did not learn until the nineteenth, and even now comprehends only imperfectly: that the world was not made for man, that man reaches his full stature only as he realises the dignity and worth of life that is not human.

Kalidasa (active late 4th-early 5th century) was a brilliant poet and playwright in classical India. He unveiled the essence of a whole civilization by demonstrating the expressive and provocative heights to which the Sanskrit language is capable.

Kālidās (Devanāgarī: कालिदास), was the author of Meghadoot, Shākuntal, and other works in Sanskrit. He has a similar place in Sanskrit as a poet and a dramatist, as Shakespeare in English. [1] Kālidās's plays and poetry are based on Hindu mythology and philosophy. There is very little known for certain about the life of Kālidās.

Kalidasa (Kall's slave), an ardent worshipper of Kali, called upon his goddess to help him, and was rewarded with sudden gifts of wit and sense. He became the most brilliant of the `nine gems' at the court of Vikramaditya of Ujjain.

Kālidāsa (fl. fourth–fifth century C.E.) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas. His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems, and two shorter poems.

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.

May 24, 2023 · Kalidasa, in “Raghuvamsha,” etches the character of Rama almost as Valmiki has done in his epic. Rama was the most perfect, characterized by this greatest virtue of man: dedicated to dharma, very powerful in battle, and a model monarch.