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Kalidasa

  • ‘I shall speak of the lineage of the Raghus’: Kalidasa’s Raghuvamsa from the Murty Classical Library

    ‘I shall speak of the lineage of the Raghus’: Kalidasa’s Raghuvamsa from the Murty Classical Library

    Kalidasa Dominic Goodall Harunaga Isaacson Csaba Dez
    · Jan 08, 2024 · 01:30 pm
  • In Sanskrit plays, paradise is always lost, but the attempt to regain it never ends

    In Sanskrit plays, paradise is always lost, but the attempt to regain it never ends

    Shashi Deshpande
    · Aug 12, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • Weekend Quiz: Which 4th-century epic Sanskrit drama does this mural portray?

    Weekend Quiz: Which 4th-century epic Sanskrit drama does this mural portray?

    The Heritage Lab
    · Dec 12, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • Kalidasa was an early practitioner of ecopoetry, a genre that the world is waking up to now

    Kalidasa was an early practitioner of ecopoetry, a genre that the world is waking up to now

    Abhay K
    · Jul 19, 2020 · 12:30 pm
  • Neither Kalidasa’s peacocks nor the Kamasutra’s ‘mayura asana’ suggested substituting sex with tears

    Neither Kalidasa’s peacocks nor the Kamasutra’s ‘mayura asana’ suggested substituting sex with tears

    Bijoya Goswami
    · Jun 04, 2017 · 06:30 pm