The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays And Poems: "Sakuntala", "Meghadutam" and "Rtusamharam" (Classics) - Softcover

Rajan, Chandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140445382 ISBN 13: 9780140445381

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1991

Synopsis

This volume contains the work of one of the greatest poets and playwrights in classical Sanskrit literature. It includes the play "Sakuntala" and the long poem "Meghadutam" ("The Cloud Messenger") together with "Rtusamharam" ("The Gathering of the Seasons"), another poem.

About this title

About the Author:

Kalidasa is the greatest poet and playwright in classical Sanskrit literature and one of the greatest in world literature.
Kālidāsa probably lived and wrote at the close of the 1st millennium BC though his dates have not been conclusively established.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140445382
• ISBN 13: 9780140445381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344