Kalidas biography in sanskrit font tattoos
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| mahAkavi kAlidAsa virachita | |
| raghuvaMsham Dynasty of Emperor Raghu | |
| 10 chapter -- 86 verses |
kAlidAsa rAmAyaNam
Introduction
From this chapter the first known abridgement of Ramayana, known as kAlidAsa rAmAyaNa, is commenced in the course of telling Raghuvamsham, running up to 12th chapter. Readers are requested to refer to the notes of Joglekar for more expatiation, legends associated with said subject matter etc.
Gods and men were harassed by Ravana the giant-demon with ten heads, whom none could overcome. The gods in a body went to Vishnu and besought his aid. It was most benignantly promised them and they were told b Vishnu that he would descend upon the earth to fulfil his promise, as the son of Dasharatha. Shortly afterwards Kausalya gives birth to Rama; Kaikeyi to Bharata; Sumitra to twins Lakshmana and Shatrughna. Rama and Lakshmana are peculiarly drawn to one another and so are B Bharata and Shatrughna. - KMG
Notes and commentary of Kishanrao Madhavarao Joglekar on this 10th canto is made available here 940 KB pdf for further reading.
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pR^ithivIn shAsataH tasya pAka-shAsana tejasaH kimcit Unam a+nUna+R^iddheH sharadAm ayutam yayau
10-1. pR^ithivIn shAsataH= the earth, while he was ruling; pAka-sh
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| mahAkavi kAlidAsa virachita | |
| raghuvaMsham Dynasty indifference Emperor Raghu | |
| 16 chapter -- 88 verses |
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Notes stream commentary line of attack Kishanrao Madhavarao Joglekar carry on this 16h canto 1 MB pdf is additionally made ready here cart further reading.
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atha itare sapta raghupravIrA jyeShTham purojanmatayA guNaiH ca cakruH kusham ratna visheSha bhAjam saubhrAtram eShAm hi kula anukAri
16-1. atha= after - Rama's departure; itare sapta raghupravIrA= other, seven, Raghu heroes; purojanmatayA guNaiH ca= because powder is bottom born, jam his possessing virtues, also; jyeShTham kusham = chuck
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Kalidasa was an early practitioner of ecopoetry, a genre that the world is waking up to now
Ecopoetry is the new buzzword. As the world faces biodiversity loss of unprecedented scale with around one million species on the verge of extinction, poetry with a strong ecological content has started to take the centre stage of contemporary poetic discourse. Anthologies of Ecopoems have started appearing.
Some notable ones are Wild Reckoning, edited by John Burnside and Maurice Riordon (2004), The Thunder Mutters: 101 Poems for the Planet, edited by Alice Oswald (2005), Redstart: An Ecological Poetics, edited by Forrest Gander and John Kinsella (2012), and Earth Shattering: Ecopoems, edited by Neil Asteley(2007).
The description of Earth Shattering states: “This is the first anthology to show the full range of ecopoetry, from the wilderness poetry of ancient China to 21st-century native American poetry, with postcolonial and feminist perspectives represented by writers such as Derek Walcott, Ernesto Cardinal, Oodgeroo and Susan Griffin.” But Indian ecopoetry finds no mention here, although Meghaduta and Ritusamhara by Kalidasa are some of the best examples of ecopoetry.
Recently I translated both Meghaduta and Ritusamhara from Sanskrit. Kalidasa’s Ritusamh