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The Kaumudimahotsava and the Date of Kalidasa

By Dasharatha Sharma

Vol. 10 · No. 4December - 1934pp. 763–766English

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  • “On going through the Kaumudimahotsava, one finds that it con- tains a number of passages parallel with those found in the works of Kiilidasn; and the parallelism 13 80 61086 that borrowing on the पेश of either Kilidisa or the authoress of પાઠ Kaumudimahotsava cannot be easily denied.”
  • “These passages would most probably suffice 10 esiablish the borrow- ing of ideas, language, and even metre, by either Kilidiasa or the authoress of the XKaumedimahotsara, But even with these before 0૩, we cannot decide ofthand the priority or posteriority of these ૪165.”

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  1. Malavikagnimitrem
  2. Vikramorvasi
  3. Srivenkatedvara edition
  4. Tivinanda Vidydsigara’s edition

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