The Megha-dūta of Kālidāsa

accepted agrees already appears belonged Bengali Bharata-mallika BORI Calcutta called century characters cloud commentary commentators contains critical describes Devanāgari doubtful edition evidence expression fact forms Foulkes given gives hill human identified important includes Indian insert interpolated Jaina Jinasena Kālidāsa Kalyānamalla king known later Library listed Literature lived London Madras Mahima Mallinātha manuscripts Megha-dūta mentioned Nandargikar nature notes notices number of stanzas omitted original Param Pathak poem poet Poona present Press printed probably pupil quoted Raghuş readings refers regard remarks respect river Samvat Sanskrit says sense Sila-d Siva South spurious stanzas Sthiradeva Sumati text-reading text-tradition tion tradition translation Univ University utilized Vallabhadeva variants verses ते यत्र वा सा साहित्य