An interesting part of the book (unfortunately in Dutch) is where the authors followed the trail of the cloud through India (maps, photographs). It also includes drawings of the plants and flowers mentioned in the Meghadûta.
Herman
Meghadûta: new cultural historical study and translation (into Dutch)
Dear All,
A new study and translation (into Dutch) has recently appeared:
Title:
Kâlidâsa ‘Meghadûta’ De Wolkenboodschapper
Een Wolk Wordt Woord
vertaald uit het Sanskriet in modern Nederlands
vertaling en toelichting Evert S. Schneider
flora, fauna, tekeningen: Hanneke Meinders-Groeneveld
Wassenaar: CATAKA uitgevers,
Spelderslaan 6
2242 ST Wassenaar
070-5111826
From the 1990s Evert S. Schneider was student of J.A.F. Roodbergen, P. Groeneweg and occasionally of myself.
Jan E.M. Houben
Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology
Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite
École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)
Sciences historiques et philologiques