Malavika and Agnimitra
Malavika and Agnimitra

Author: Kali dasa,

Publisher: Clay Sanskrit

Published: 2009-10-31

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9780814787021

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Its frivolous subject may have been the reason why Malavika and Agni mitra is sometimes considered to be the least significant of the three dramas of Kali dasa, the poet laureate of Indian antiquity who probably lived in the fifth century CE. Yet the play’s lively and playful plot more than makes up for its lack of deities, heroic prowess and pathos. The machinations of King Agni mitra’s jester to help him add a dancing girl to his harem in spite of the subtle intrigues of the two jealous queens carry the gallant hero through hope and despair to the happy ending.

Kumarasambhavam
Kumarasambhavam

Author: Kalidasa

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9351187209

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Kumarasambhavam celebrates the love story of Siva and Parvati, whose passionate union results in the birth of their son, the young god Kumara. Beginning with a luminous description of the birth of Parvati, the poem proceeds in perfectly pitched sensuous detail through her courtship with Siva until the night of their wedding. It plays out their tale on the immense scale of supreme divinity, wherein the gods are viewed both as lovers and as cosmic principles. Composed in eight scintillating cantos, Kumarasambhavam continues to enchant readers centuries after it was first written. Hank Heifetz's sparkling translation brings to life the heady eroticism and sumptuous imagery of the original.

The Birth of Kum_ra
The Birth of Kum_ra

Author: Kālidāsa

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2005-02

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780814740088

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A bi-lingual Sanskrit/English classic rarely available.

Vikramorvasiyam
Vikramorvasiyam

Author: Kalidasa

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2021-03-18

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9390914051

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The earthly King Pururavas rescues the celestial nymph Urvashi from a demon, and thus begins a love story that brings heaven and earth together. The lovers must overcome a range of obstacles, including a heavenly curse and a magical transformation before they can be together. A magnificent drama based on an episode from the Rig Veda, Vikramovarshiyam is filled with dramatic turns of event, music and dance. The scenes, characters and dialogues are at once lively and dramatic as well as sensitive and speculative. Believed to be the second of Kalidasa's three plays, it is a treat for the senses.

Malavika
Malavika

Author: KAMLESH PANDEY

Publisher: Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd

Published: 1971-04-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 818999963X

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Intrigue and suspense, coincidence and adventure blend happily together to join a handmaiden and a king in blessed matrimony. Kalidasa, the greatest of Sanskrit poets, wove a tale that caters to every reader's taste. Warring cousins, wily courtiers, jealous wives, disguised princesses, all play their part in his play, which continues to thrill centuries after it was first written.

The Dynasty of Raghu
The Dynasty of Raghu

Author: Kālidāsa

Publisher: Calcutta : Writers Workshop

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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Extended narrative poem on the life and activities of Raghu, Hindu mythological king of the Solar dynasty and his successors.

The Loom of Time
The Loom of Time

Author: Kalidasa

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0141908025

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Kalidasa is the major poet and dramatist of classical Sanskrit literature - a many-sided talent of extraordinary scope and exquisite language. His great poem, Meghadutam (The Cloud Messenger), tells of a divine being, punished for failing in his sacred duties with a years' separation from his beloved. A work of subtle emotional nuances, it is a haunting depiction of longing and separation. The play Sakuntala describes the troubled love between a Lady of Nature and King Duhsanta. This beautiful blend of romance and comedy, transports its audience into an enchanted world in which mortals mingle with gods. And Kalidasa's poem Rtusamharam (The Gathering of the Seasons) is an exuberant observation of the sheer variety of the natural world, as it teems with the energies of the great god Siva.