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105 articles in the archive discuss Kalidasa, from The Indian Historical Quarterly, Sambodhi, Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology and other journals (1925–2020). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

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  1. Kalidasa

    Sushil Kumar De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940

    “In Kalidasa we are introduced at once to something new which no one hit upon before, something perfect which no one achieved, something incomparably great and enduring for all ume.”
  2. Kalidasa's Malavikagnimitra: a Study

    B. K. Thakore · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935

  3. The Historical Background of the Works of Kalidasa

    C. Kunhan Raja · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1942

    “Afrer accepting this connection, the attempt of scholars has been ૬૦ fix the particular Vikramaditya 10 whose reign Kalidasa could 1137૯ flourished.”
  4. Pumskokilakujita in Kalidasa

    Sushma R. Kulshreshtha, Abha Kulshreshtha · Sambodhi, 2006

    “Dipasikha Kalidasa, a peerless poet par excellence, was acquainted with and affluent in various systems of Philosophy, several schools of religious beliefs, Politics, Economics, Dramaturgy, Erotology, Music and Fine Arts and Plant-science too.”
  5. Some of the Fine Arts depicted by Kalidasa

    Bhagwat Saran Upadhya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939

  6. Kalidasa in China

    Sten Konow · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934

  7. Kavi Putra of Kalidasa - A Critical Review (Part 1)

    Sudarshan Kumar Sharma · Sambodhi, 1983

    “Kaviputra- if construed to be a playwright must denote a play- wright of fabulous renown 01 else Kalidasa could hardly date to have extolled him in such a laudable tone as to feel a sense of inferiority complex in comparision to his talent,”
  8. Fixing up of Some Variants from Kālidāsa

    Tapasvi Shambhuchandra Nandi · Sambodhi, 1982

    “The object of this small paper is to draw attention of all learned scholars towards a very important missing link in the field of text-criti- of the works of Kalidasa.”
  9. History of Sanskrit Literature of Kashmir

    Sunil Chandra Ray · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955

    “The reasons in favour of the identification of Macrgupeta with Kalidasa, however, are not convincing.”
  10. Text and Interpretation of some Verses of the Meghaduta

    Rajendra Chandra Hazra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949

    “Kalidasa’s Megha-duta has got to its credit no less than fifty commentaries which were written at different times in different parts of the country, but these commentaries seldom agree with one another in giving the original text of the poem and the true interpretation of many of the words or expressions occurring in the individual verses.”
  11. A Jaina Adaptation of Raghuvamsa (Canto IV)

    Satyavrat Verma · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984

    “The expedition undertaken by Mahasena, the rtler of Candrapuri and father of the prospective Tirthankara Candraprabha in the sixteenth Canto (24-54) of Candraprabhacarita (CPC), follows the digvijaya of Raghu, detailed by Kalidasa in canto four of Raghuvam§a, with such precision that for all purposes, it purports to be a compendium ever”
  12. Bhavabhuti

    Sushil Kumar De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1943

  13. Natyasastra, Sanskrit Drama and Its Theatre

    Radhavallabh Tripathi · Sambodhi, 1996

    “Kalidasa evinces great regard for Bharata as the exponent par excellence of the art of theatre.”
  14. Authorship of R̥tusaṃhāra: A Reappraisal

    Satyavrat Verma · Sambodhi, 1979

    “Perhaps no other work attributed to Kalidasa has évoked so sharp a controversy about its authorship as the little ‘Cycle of seasons’, the Rtusam-bara.”
  15. The Malaya Mountain in Kālidāsa

    C. Kunhan Raja · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946

    “Thus the two references to the relation of the sea to the Malaya mountain in Kalidasa’s Raghuvarnga clearly indicate that the Malaya mountain must have been on the east coast.”
  16. Kalidasa’s Reference to a Custom of the Hūnas in the Raghuvaṃśa

    Vasudeva S. Agrawala · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1957

  17. Kalidasa's Treatment of Nature in Ritusamhara

    K. Rama Pisharoti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948

    “Kalidasa views the varied phenomena of nature as correlated parts of a whole and observes a "unity underlying che manifest variety in nature, which is a necessary complement of life.”
  18. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1942

    “The writer thinks that the Raga concept was in vogue in the days of Kalidasa and that the Nati’s song inthe drama A bhijnana-Sakuntala had been cast in the ‘Sgrang’ Raga.”
  19. On the Economic Geography of Kalidasa

    Krishnadeva Upadhaya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937

  20. A History of Sanskrit Literature, Classical Period (Review)

    Adinath Neminath Upadhye · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949

    “Whether we put A’vaghosa or Kalidasa earlier makes a world of differ-ence in our values of estimating the evolution of Sanskrit ornate poetry.”
  21. Insects in Ancient Jain Literature and Culture

    K. G. Sheshadri · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2013

  22. Bharata - Bahubali - Mahakavya : A Critique

    Satyavrat Verma · Sambodhi, 1997

    “Notable for its myriad virtues and faithful adherence to the Mahakavya — tradition, as fostered by masters like Kalidasa and Magha, the Bharatabahubali — mahdkdavya (BBM) has the unenviable distinction of surviving 8 series of disasters that it encountered in its chequered history.”
  23. Kalidasa in China

    Louis Finot · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933

  24. Śokaḥ Ślokatvam Āgataḥ (Dhv. I. Sd)

    Tapasvi Shambhuchandra Nandi · Sambodhi, 1982

  25. Aesthetic Experience of Visual Arts

    G. C. Tripathi · Sambodhi, 2015

  26. The influence of various darśanas on the interpretation and presentation of the Rasa Theory

    P. R. Vora · Sambodhi, 2002

  27. Contributions to the Bhasa Question

    Otto Stein · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938

  28. The Mangalastaka of Kālidāsa

    V. V. Gokhale · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  29. Patanjali

    Prabhat Chandra Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926

    “The artificial poetry, it must છઠ remewbered, does not begin with Bhass or Kalidasa, but goes back to a much earlier datc.”
  30. “Rhinoceros-Slayer” Type of Coins of Kumaragupta I

    Bratindra Nath Mukherjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955

  31. The Mahabhāṣya

    Prabhat Chandra Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  32. The Bhasa Problem

    K. Rama Pisharoti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

    “The publication of & drama under the title Svapnavasava- datta, and the consequent resuscitation of the ancient dramatist, Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor of Kalidasa, burst vpon Sanskritists like a flash of lightning.”
  33. The Kaumudimahotsava and the Date of Kalidasa

    Dasharatha Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935

    “That she did ૩૦ shows that Kalidasa must have Hourished some cen- turies earlier, and become 50 famous by her time, thai one impro- vising a drama naturally went to his works, and did not feel very much abashed, even if the audience detected some of the maater poet’e ideas 10 his एक her composition”
  34. The Bhasa Problem - II, III. (Implications of the theory)

    K. Rama Pisharoti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  35. Some Interesting Cultural Data in the Bhuvanasundarī‑Kathā

    M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2012

  36. Some Royal Poets of the Vakataka Age

    V. V. Mirashi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945

  37. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945

  38. Natyasastra and Indian Theatre

    Radhavallabh Tripathi · Sambodhi, 1992

  39. On an Anonymous Hemistich Cited in Vāmana’s Kavyālankāra-sūtra-vṛtti

    Biswanath Bhattacharya · Sambodhi, 1977

    “However, Vamana's above satra along with the illustrative hemistich has been cited anonymously with some negligible variants by Psma-Sara-svati 2 and Rsi-putra Paramejvaras in their respective commentaries on Kalidasa's Megha-sandeia, 1/2.”
  40. A Puzzle for the Scholars of Buddhist History

    Nagin J Shah · Sambodhi, 1994

  41. The Rejection of Sita in Ramayana‑Based Plays

    Chitra P. Shukla · Sambodhi, 1983

  42. Upavedas – Arthashastra in Ramayana

    Rajalakshmi Srinivasan · Sambodhi, 2004

  43. Poetic Creativity; its Manifold manifestations and evaluation

    Tapasvi Shambhuchandra Nandi · Sambodhi, 2005

  44. Observations on the use of Kr

    Satyavrat Verma · Sambodhi, 2011

  45. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952

  46. The Arthasastra Material in the Raghuvamsa

    Dasharatha Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1951

  47. Bhasa as a Prakrit Poet

    K. Krishnamoorthy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946

  48. Were the Vākāṭakās the Rulers of Aśmaka?

    Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946

  49. The Kaumudimahotsava and the Date of Kalidasa

    Dasharatha Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934

  50. Reviews

    Mano Mohan Ghosh, U. N. Ghoshal, D. R. Mankad, D. L. De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933

  51. Kuntaka's Conception of Guṇas

    Haradatta Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932

  52. Vedānta and the Vedāntist

    Umesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929

  53. Reviews

    Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya, Batakrishna Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929

  54. Puṣyāmitra and the Śuṅga Empire

    Ramaprasad Chanda · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929

  55. The Women of the Meghadūta

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928

    “If Kalidasa is thus a great poet of humanity, he is also a child of the age in which he lived, There are good reasons for believing that in his works generally and in the Meghadiita in particular he has reflected 10 a great measure the habit, tastes and opinions of his con- temporaries in the words and actions of पिंड heroes and heroines,”
  56. The Concept of Ardhanarisvara in Tamil Literature

    T. Kausalya Kumari · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2019

  57. Vira-Swarga Concept in South Indian Hero Stones

    B. Ranganathan · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 1997

  58. Sivavilasa

    C. Kunhan Raja · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1944

  59. Major progress linking modern science and Vedic science

    S. N. Bhavasar, R. W. Boyer · Sambodhi, 2009

  60. Ardhanarisvara in South Indian Sculpture

    K. S. Ramachandran, C. Krishnamurthi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1960

  61. Kayastha-its Evolution, A Critical Review

    Sudarshan Kumar Sharma · Sambodhi, 2005

  62. Variants from Venisamhara and the Kavyaprakasa of Mammata

    Jagruti S. Pandya · Sambodhi, 1996

  63. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939

  64. A Note on Sanmukha Karttikeya

    Lalit Kumar · Sambodhi, 1983

  65. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936

  66. The Kautiliya Arthasastra on Forms of Government

    Harit Krishna Deb · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938

  67. Srngare Vipralambhakhye

    Ramesh S. Betai · Sambodhi, 1983

    “The deep suffering of pathos, that is not likely to find full expression, even in the best words in best order, of a poet of Kalidasa"s stature, is hinted at by the very fine example of hard and stuffy subslancelike iron melting down when heated.”
  68. On the Identity of the Buddha-vinoda-kavya

    Sushil Kumar De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937

  69. Dr. Radhakrishnan on the Philosophy of the Upanisads

    Ramesh S. Betai · Sambodhi, 1989

  70. Sri Harsa, the King-Poet (The Authorship of Sri Harsa)

    Nani Gopal Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936

  71. Sri-Harsa, the King-Poet

    Nani Gopal Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936

  72. Depiction of Nature in Prakrit Literature

    K. Kamala · Jinamanjari, 1995

  73. The Birth-place of Bhavabhuti

    V. V. Mirashi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935

  74. Prepositions in Aśvaghoṣa

    Satyavrat Verma · Sambodhi, 1977

  75. Patañjali as he reveals himself in the Mahābhāṣya

    Prabhat Chandra Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926

  76. The Target of Criticism in Bhamaha’s Kavyalankara IV 39–47

    Narayan M. Kansara · Sambodhi, 1973

  77. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    U. N. Ghoshal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  78. Who was the Gupta contemporary of the Kadamba King Kakusthavarman?

    N. Lakshminarayan Rao · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933

  79. Origin and Development of Theatre in Ancient India

    Radhavallabh Tripathi · Sambodhi, 1994

  80. Hymn to Mahavira

    Jina Ballabha Suri · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967

  81. Some Sanskrit Texts on Painting

    V. Raghavan · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933

  82. Hemacandra and Chandanusasana by S Sengupta

    S. Sengupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1968

  83. Reviews

    Satkari Mookherjree, Sushil Kumar De, Nalinaksha Dutt, Kalhana · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930

  84. The Candidas-Problem

    Mrinal Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929

  85. Aesthetic Distancing In Sanskrit Drama

    B. K. Thakkar · Sambodhi, 1990

  86. Some Less Known Verses of Siddhasena Divākara

    M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2020

    “The illustrious Jaina epistemologist, dialectician, and poet of the calibre of Kalidasa, namely Siddhasena Divakara (c. late 4* and early 5% cent. A.D.) had produced more than what today is extant.”
  87. Sri Lakshmi in Auspicious Symbols: Svastika, Srivatsa, and Divine Iconography

    R. Mohana Bai · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2000

  88. Religion of Kavikankana Mukundarama Cakravarti

    Basanta Kumar Chatterjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928

  89. Jain Murals in Eastern & Western Malwa: Historical Perspective

    Narmada Prasad Upadhyaya · Jain Avenue, 2020

  90. Origins of Hindu Iconism

    S. V. Venkateswara · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927

  91. Review: Bhoja and Haravijaya of Sarvasena by Dr. V. M. Kulkarni

    Narayan M. Kansara · Sambodhi, 1992

  92. Books – Reviews

    Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2002

  93. The Asta-murti concept of Siva in India, Indo-China and Indonesia

    Kamleshwar Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953

    “The Asta-tanu concept of Siva finds prominence in the works of Kalidasa.”
  94. Some Observations on Pusyamitra and his Empire

    Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

    “It appears to me, therefore, certain, that by the river Sindhu Kalidasa certainly meant the famous river of the Panjab.”
  95. Review of Apabhramṣa Bhāṣā Kī Śodha‑Pravṛtiyā

    Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997

  96. Huns, Yavanas and Kambojas

    Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950

  97. Ramayana Scenes in Rajasthan Sculptures

    Ratna Chandra Agrawala · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954

  98. Salient Common Features between Jainism and Buddhism

    B. H. Kapadia · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1988

    “These two powerful religions considered as heterodox by the school of Indian philosophy do not believe in the authority of the Vedas i.e. they consider the Vedas as composed by human beings like the works of Kalidasa, Bhavabhuti, Shakespeare, Milton, Shelly, Goete, Schiller, etc.”
  99. The Nature of Pusyamitra Sunga’s Rule

    Dasharatha Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949

  100. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948

  101. The Indian Epics in Indo-China

    Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946

  102. Kingdoms of the Deccan (mentioned in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta)

    G. Ramadas · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  103. Coins of the Dark Age

    Adris Banerji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1961

  104. The Home-Land of Visnusarma

    Sarat Chandra Behera · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1962

  105. Satavahana Polity

    B. K. Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963