kalidasa, a literary genius of our country ,is a man known for his simplicity and beauty.
kalidasa was the worshipper of goddess kali. ,his name kali-dasa . he use to spend his time taking the cows to graze in the jungle, where there was a kali temple. the temple still exists in ujjain. kalidasa would clean the temple and watch the cows grazing , have food , take rest and bring the cows back home. he was grown up without much formal education.
the king's daughter princess vidyottama , was a beautiful learned lady , who was very proud of her knowledge . she said she will marry the one who defeats her in shassthartha.(debate).anyone who gets defeated will their head shaved , face blackened and kicked out of the country on a donkey .
one day pundits saw kalidasa cutting the branch of a tree on which he was sitting .they thought kalidasa is a dump fool shepard . To teach princess a lesson local people dressed kalidasa nicely and took him to the palace with a condition that he should not open his mouth.they told the princess that he would do mute debate.
princess showed one finger, he thought she is going to take away one eye, so he showed two fingers, meaning he can take away both the eyes.princess thought he is talking about dwaitha siddhantha -shakti and shiva. then she showed the palm with five fingers, he thought she is going to slap, so he showed the fist, meaning he will knock her. but princess understood as panch tatva makes the body. princess liked him and marriage took place.
later when princess came to know that he is an illiterate she was ashamed of his ignorance and insulted him and drove him out of the palace and said he should not return untill he is fully literate .not knowing what to do kalidasa went to jungle caught hold of kali's feet and pleaded to be blessed with knowledge or he will cut his tongue in front of her.. she told kalidasa to wait as she will circumambulate the town. (nagaravalam). kalidasa disagreed and locked her inside the temple. convinced kali , told him to put the tongue through the key hole. kalidasa happily did that and she wrote on his tongue with a nail thus kalidasa was blessed with wit and wisdom.
kalidasa , immediately composed and recited shayamala dhandakam on goddess saraswathi . he returned home and his wife asked him , if he can read and write now. then he wrote three mahakavyas.
abhijnanashakuntalam
malavigagnimitram
vikramorvashiyam
epic poems:
raghuvamsham
kumarasambhavam
poetry:
meghadootam
rithusamharam
later kalidasa was recognised as one of the nine gems in the court of then king vikramaditya.
kalidasa became a renowned classical sanskrit poet and famous dramatist .his writings are based on hindu puranas and philosophy. among his plays abhijnanashakuntalam is regarded as the master piece and first to be transalated in english and other european languages.this is divided into 7 acts . he is appreciated for the similies as :"upama kalidasasya" . his upamas are clear and simple. his writings are full of shringar rasa - romance . his work also showed how good he is at karunya and rasa and hasya rasa. .he likes nature - its beauty, calmness and different rithus . he did talk about birds and mountain and .humans and their feelings in his works.
kalidasa writings are systamatic and eventful. in one of his works - women's beauty is artfully described- how a rain drop stays on her eye lids , dropped on her lips then shatered on her breast .then crossing the three folds and disappeared in the naval...
kalidasa earned a place for him, in the galaxy of poets.
kalidasa was the worshipper of goddess kali. ,his name kali-dasa . he use to spend his time taking the cows to graze in the jungle, where there was a kali temple. the temple still exists in ujjain. kalidasa would clean the temple and watch the cows grazing , have food , take rest and bring the cows back home. he was grown up without much formal education.
the king's daughter princess vidyottama , was a beautiful learned lady , who was very proud of her knowledge . she said she will marry the one who defeats her in shassthartha.(debate).anyone who gets defeated will their head shaved , face blackened and kicked out of the country on a donkey .
one day pundits saw kalidasa cutting the branch of a tree on which he was sitting .they thought kalidasa is a dump fool shepard . To teach princess a lesson local people dressed kalidasa nicely and took him to the palace with a condition that he should not open his mouth.they told the princess that he would do mute debate.
princess showed one finger, he thought she is going to take away one eye, so he showed two fingers, meaning he can take away both the eyes.princess thought he is talking about dwaitha siddhantha -shakti and shiva. then she showed the palm with five fingers, he thought she is going to slap, so he showed the fist, meaning he will knock her. but princess understood as panch tatva makes the body. princess liked him and marriage took place.
later when princess came to know that he is an illiterate she was ashamed of his ignorance and insulted him and drove him out of the palace and said he should not return untill he is fully literate .not knowing what to do kalidasa went to jungle caught hold of kali's feet and pleaded to be blessed with knowledge or he will cut his tongue in front of her.. she told kalidasa to wait as she will circumambulate the town. (nagaravalam). kalidasa disagreed and locked her inside the temple. convinced kali , told him to put the tongue through the key hole. kalidasa happily did that and she wrote on his tongue with a nail thus kalidasa was blessed with wit and wisdom.
kalidasa , immediately composed and recited shayamala dhandakam on goddess saraswathi . he returned home and his wife asked him , if he can read and write now. then he wrote three mahakavyas.
abhijnanashakuntalam
malavigagnimitram
vikramorvashiyam
epic poems:
raghuvamsham
kumarasambhavam
poetry:
meghadootam
rithusamharam
later kalidasa was recognised as one of the nine gems in the court of then king vikramaditya.
kalidasa became a renowned classical sanskrit poet and famous dramatist .his writings are based on hindu puranas and philosophy. among his plays abhijnanashakuntalam is regarded as the master piece and first to be transalated in english and other european languages.this is divided into 7 acts . he is appreciated for the similies as :"upama kalidasasya" . his upamas are clear and simple. his writings are full of shringar rasa - romance . his work also showed how good he is at karunya and rasa and hasya rasa. .he likes nature - its beauty, calmness and different rithus . he did talk about birds and mountain and .humans and their feelings in his works.
kalidasa writings are systamatic and eventful. in one of his works - women's beauty is artfully described- how a rain drop stays on her eye lids , dropped on her lips then shatered on her breast .then crossing the three folds and disappeared in the naval...
kalidasa earned a place for him, in the galaxy of poets.
