[INDOLOGY] Query about Kālidāsa

[Ananya Vajpeyi]

Dear List,

Someone asked me where this phrase "loom of time" comes from --

Kalidasa, Abhijnanasakuntalam, trans. Chandra Rajan, in Kalidasa: The Loom
of Time, (Penguin Classics, 1989, reprint 2000)

Although I could think of a discussion about warp and weft / fabric /
weaving etc. when Gārgī and Yājñavalkya are talking in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, I
wasn't sure if Kālidāsa himself uses this metaphor anywhere.

Does anyone know?

All best,

Ananya.
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