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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Indian dramatist and lyric poet. His poetry represents the height of the kavya style, as exemplified by his epic poem Raghuvamsha and his lyric poem Meghaduta.
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Examples
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Perhaps there was more than one author who bore the name Kalidasa; perhaps certain later writers were more concerned for their work than for personal fame.
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The prayer was granted; education and poetical power descended miraculously to dwell with the young ox-driver, who in gratitude assumed the name Kalidasa, servant of Kali.
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"Kalidasa" in the eleventh edition of the _Encyclopædia Britannica_
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From early times, romantic love had been keenly valued, Sanskrit poets such as Kalidasa, Amaru and Bhartrihari celebrating the charms of womanly physique and the raptures of sex.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943
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Among the best known are the works of Kalidasa (writer of the famed Sanskrit play Recognition of Shakuntala) and Tulsidas (who wrote an epic Hindi poem based on the Ramayana, called Raamcharitmaanas).
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Ashadh ka ek din (A Day in Early Autumn, 1958), and Lahron ke rajhans (The Royal Swans on the Waves, 1963) place their historical protagonists—the canonical fifth century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa and the Buddha's stepbrother Nand, respectively—in largely invented actions that underscore the intensely human drama of separation and loss elided in the metanarratives of history.
Savitri vs. Savitri Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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We are given introductions to the Vedas, the Upanishads, the great Epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the later classical age of ancient literature including the poetry of Kalidasa, various philosophical writings of the Middle Ages, the religious poetry of the Puranas, the yogic and spiritual texts of the Tantras, Vaishnava poetry, and others.
India has been and is one of the greatest civilizations of the world Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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We are given introductions to the Vedas, the Upanishads, the great Epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the later classical age of ancient literature including the poetry of Kalidasa, various philosophical writings of the Middle Ages, the religious poetry of the Puranas, the yogic and spiritual texts of the Tantras, Vaishnava poetry, and others.
Archive 2009-05-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Ashadh ka ek din (A Day in Early Autumn, 1958), and Lahron ke rajhans (The Royal Swans on the Waves, 1963) place their historical protagonists—the canonical fifth century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa and the Buddha's stepbrother Nand, respectively—in largely invented actions that underscore the intensely human drama of separation and loss elided in the metanarratives of history.
Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Shakuntala is a beautiful love drama by Kalidasa, an Indian poet and dramatist who was born in the 4th century A.D. '
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