Word

Kalidasa

Sanskrit

कालिदास

IAST

Kālidāsa

In General

Immortal poet and dramatist of classical Sanskrit period. He lived during the period of Vikramaditya who ruled the country from Ujjain. Abjnanasakuntala, Vikramovasiya and Malavikagnimitra are his dramas. Meghasandesa, Raghuvamsa, Kumarasambhava are his poems.