[INDOLOGY] Query about Kālidāsa

[Nagaraj Paturi]

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https://sanskritdocuments.org/mirrors/mahabharata/unic/mbh01_sa.html

On Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM Ananya Vajpeyi via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Thanks, yes, I had seen that --
>
> "Thus at the roaring loom of Time I ply,
> And weave for God the garment thou seest Him by."
>
> But this volume has Ṛtusaṃhāram, Abhijñānaśākuntalam and Meghadūtam. Might
> there be a "loom of time" hiding in one of the three works?!
>
> Best,
>
> AV.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM victor davella <vbd203 at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ananya,
>>
>> I have no idea, to be honest, and I did not see anything during a quick
>> skim of the introduction, nor does it remind me of anything from the
>> Śākuntala itself, but it does ring a bell with Goethe's Faust, Teil I:
>>
>> In Lebensfluthen, im Thatensturm
>> Wall’ ich auf und ab,
>> Webe hin und her!
>> Geburt und Grab,
>>
>> 505
>> Ein ewiges Meer,
>>
>> Ein wechselnd Weben,
>> Ein glühend Leben,
>>
>> *So schaff’ ich am sausenden Webstuhl der Zeit,Und wirke der Gottheit
>> lebendiges Kleid.*
>>
>>
>> Webstuhl der Zeit is often translated as "the loom of time".
>>
>> All the Best,
>> Victor
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Sept 2026, 16:01 Ananya Vajpeyi via INDOLOGY, <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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