Kalidasa

American  

[kah-li-dah-suh] / ˌkɑ lɪˈdɑ sə /

Or Kālidāsa

noun

1. flourished 5th century a.d., Hindu dramatist and poet.

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Kalidasa British  

/ ˌkælɪˈdɑːsə /

noun

1. ?5th century _ad , Indian dramatist and poet, noted for his romantic verse drama Sakuntala

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Example Sentences

The memory of Kalidasa’s writings led E. M. Forster to a long train journey to the ruins of Ujjain, the town in which Kalidasa lived.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Consider the Sanskrit court poet Kalidasa, in whose verses we encounter a river scented with the fragrant ichor of wild elephants.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

The poet Kalidasa, who probably lived at the close of the 1st Century BC wrote a poem about the seasons.

From BBC • May 8, 2010

To these Kalidasa has added from the palace, from the hermitage, and from the Elysian region which is represented with vague precision in the last act.

From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa

Of all the dramatic productions of the Hindoo poets, there is none so famous as that of Shakuntala, by Kalidasa, the great court poet of Vikramaditya.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby