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UPSC PRELIMS_POWER PLAY-ART & CULTURE( Kalidas Literature)

 

Kalidasa wrote three plays: 

1) Malavikagnimitram (Pertaining to Malavika and Agnimitra) tells the story of King Agnimitra, who falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant girl named Malavika.  

2) Abhijnanasakuntalam (Of the recollection of Shakuntala) tells the story of King Dushyanta who, while on a hunting trip, meets Shakuntala, the adopted daughter of a sage, and marries her. It was among the first Sanskrit works to be translated into English. ! 

3) Vikramorvasiyam (Urvashi Won by Valour) tells the story of mortal King Pururavasand celestial nymph Urvashi who falls in love. 


Kalidasa is the author of two epic poems: 

1)Raghuvamsa is an epic poem about the kings of Raghu dynasty.  

2)Kumarasambhava describes the birth and adolescence of the goddess Parvati, and her marriage with Lord Shiva. 


Kalidasa also wrote two khandakavyas (minor poems): 

 1)Ritusamhara describes the six seasons by narrating the experiences of two lovers in each of the .seasons. 

 2)Meghaduta(The Cloud Messenger)describes the story of a Yaksha trying to send a message to his lover through a cloud. This poem is elegiac in nature through which Kalidasa created his own genre of poetry. Kalidasa set this poem to the mandakranta meter, which is known for its lyrical sweetness.

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