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By Kālidāsa
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A collection of English translations presents classical Sanskrit drama and lyric: a courtly romantic play tracing love, separation, and reconciliation; a plaintive messenger poem that sends longing across rivers and mountains; a compact cycle of seasonal verses; an epic sequence celebrating royal lineage and heroic exploits; and a mythic narrative about the birth of a war-god. The pieces are united by vivid natural imagery, musical diction, and a cultivated sensibility that explores love, duty, devotion, and the passage of time.

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Title: Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works

Author: Kālidāsa

Translator: Arthur W. Ryder

Release date: September 5, 2005 [eBook #16659]
Most recently updated: February 8, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Juliet Sutherland, Jayam Subramanian and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRANSLATIONS OF SHAKUNTALA AND OTHER WORKS ***
EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS

POETRY AND THE DRAMA

KALIDASA

Translations of Shakuntala & Other Works

BY

ARTHUR W. RYDER





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BIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE
ROMANCE

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