A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Kalidasa
This page describes Kalidasa which is located on page 130 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature [by Nikitha. M]
Kuntaka has selected 94 verses from Kalidasa. It is notable that among the works of Kalidasa, Kuntaka does not cite any verse from Ritusamhara and Malavikagnimitra. The reason for the avoidance of Malavikagnimitra and Ritusamhara is not very explicit. There are some controversies regarding Kalidasa s authorship of Ritusamhara. Some other scholars considered Ritusamhara as the first and immature work of Kalidasa. Likewise Malavikagnimitra is considered as the first drama written by Kalidasa....
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Natyashastra (English) [by Bharata-muni]
Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhava. Kutta. ... Damodaragupta’s Kuttanimata. Lévi, ... Sylavain Lévi's Le Théâtre indien. Madhyama. ... Bhasa’s Madhyamavyayoga. Malati. ... Bhavabhuti’s Malatimadhava. Malavi. ... Kalidasa’s Malvikagnimitra. Megh. ... Meghaduta MG. ... Coomaraswamy’s Mirror of Gestures. MH. ... Music of Hindostan MI. ... Music of India MM. ... Mirror of Music Mricch. ... Shudraka’s Mricchakatika. Mudra. ... Vishakhadatta’s Mudrarakshasa. Nash. ......
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) [by S. Mahalakshmi]
“Matrgupta was, according to Kalhana, a predecessor of Pravarasena the celebrated author of the Sethubandha), and his personality nas suffered a confusion with Kalidasa by unwise conjecture” Keith,A Hist of Sans Lit, p132 Ct-Winternitz, Gd; Levi,TI.i, 183f. Stein fixes the dates of Mtrgupta and Pravarasena to be the latter part of the 6th cent A.D.,-Stein,Rajtar, III.125-326. (* 11) Aufrecht;Cat;Cat, P I, p, 99....
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