Meghadūta
Work
ID: 108721
Full name: Meghadūta
Language: Sanskrit
Discipline: Kāvya
Genre: Dūtakāvya
Length: 110 verses (approximately)
Alternative names: Meghasandeśa
The Meghadūta is a short poem (khaṇḍakāvya) of a little over a hundred verses written by of Kālidāsa. It is the archetype of the genre of courier-poems ( sandeśa-kāvya , dūtakāvya) as well as the earliest attestation for 17 syllable-per-line metre mandākrāntā. It is an important and early example of kāvya literature, with pervasive and enduring influence on later Indian poetry.
Related Works
Commentaries on this work: Meghadūta - commentary
Meghadūtavivṛti
Meghasandeśapradīpa
Sañjīvanī
Meghadūtavivṛti
Meghasandeśapradīpa
Sañjīvanī
Mentions of this work: Abhijñānaśakuntalacarcā
Related Manuscripts
Print sources
Scholarship:
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Bernard Hirzel 1846 • archive.org - Scan encoded
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archive.org (German) - Scan encoded
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Editions:
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Hultzsch 1911 (with Vallabhadeva's Meghadūtavivṛti)
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Kale 1934 (with Mallinātha's Sañjīvanī)
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T. Gaṇapati Sāstrī 1919 (with Dakṣiṇāvartanātha's Meghasandeśapradīpa)
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Unni 2016 (with 12 commentaries)