Regarded as the most important figure in the Classical Sanskrit literary canon, Kalidasa was a poet and playwright who likely lived in the fifth century AD. This collection brings together some of Kalidasa's most well-regarded dramatic works,...
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Regarded as the most important figure in the Classical Sanskrit literary canon, Kalidasa was a poet and playwright who likely lived in the fifth century AD. This collection brings together some of Kalidasa's most well-regarded dramatic works, including the timeless story of Shakuntala, a beautiful maiden who was abandoned at birth and raised in a remote hermitage. Though she later enchants a powerful king who desires to take the young woman as his bride
Title; Contents; Introduction; Kalidasa-His Life and Writings; SHAKUNTALA - A PLAY IN SEVEN ACTS; Dramatis Personæ; Prologue; Act I - The Hunt; Act II - The Secret; Act III - The Love-Making; Act IV - Shakuntala's Departure; Act V - Shakuntala's Rejection; Act VI - Separation from Shakuntala; Act VII; THE STORY OF SHAKUNTALA; THE TWO MINOR DRAMAS; I - ""Malavika and Agnimitra""; II - ""Urvashi""; THE DYNASTY OF RAGHU; THE BIRTH OF THE WAR-GOD; THE CLOUD-MESSENGER; THE SEASONS; Endnotes
