The Origin of the Young God: Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava by Hank Heifetz

The Origin of the Young God: Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava

Hank Heifetz

192 pages first pub 400 (editions)

fiction classics poetry challenging medium-paced
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The Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa, probably composed about A.D. 400, is the greatest long poem in classical Sanskrit. The love story of the God and Goddess Shiva and Parvati, who are both lovers and cosmic principles, the poem is a paradigm of the un...

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