History of Debate

Fri Apr 16 08:19:10 UTC 1999

On 15 Apr 99, at 9:44, nanda chandran wrote:

> KAlidhAsa never declares in his works that his name is KAlidhAsa. He
> just stresses that he is a great devotee of Goddess KAli. It's from
> later poets who laud his works and refer to the author as KAlidhAsa,
> that the name KAlidhAsa has become connected to those fabled works of
> poetry and drama.

Cf. Abhij~naana"sakuntalaa, Prologue, Suutradhaara.h -- 
adya khalu kaalidaasagrathitavastunaa 
navenaabhij~naana"sakuntalaakhyena naa.takenopasthaatavyam 
asmaabhi.h |

Maalavikaagnimitra, Prologue, Suutradhaara.h --
abhihito ´smi pari.sadaa kaalidaasagrathitavastu 
maalavikaagnimitra.m naama naa.takam asmin vasantotsave 
prayoktavyam iti | [...]
Paaripaar"svika.h -- [...] prathitaya"sasaa.m 
bhaasasaumillakaviputraadiinaa.m prabandhaan atikramya 
vartamaanakave.h kaalidaasasya k.rtau ki.m k.rto bahumaana.h |

Vikramorva"sii, Prologue, Suutradhaara.h --
aham asyaa.m kaalidaasagrathitavastunaa vikramorva"siinaamnaa 
navena tro.takenopasthaasye |

Regards,
Roland Steiner