Prof. Bansat-Boudon in her luminous synthetic presentation of this material (Théâtre de l'Inde ancienne, pp. 1264-66, 1270-71) does not forget (like me) to  also refer to: 

• the version of the story in the Prabandhacintāmaṇi of Merutunga (d. 1306), cf. transl. Tawney 1901 pp. 5-7
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22425/page/n29/mode/2up

• the "14th c." Cinghalese chronicle
linking the life of K. with the one of Kumāradāsa - see T.W. Rhys Davids, "Kālidāsa in Ceylon" JRAS 1888, pp. 148-149, and C.R. Swaminathan,  Jānakīharaṇa of Kumāradāsa, ed. V. Raghavan, 1977, pp. 22-24, on the basis of the "Story of Parākramabāhu"; but in the 1967 crit. ed. of the Jānakīharaṇa, pp. li-liii (here attached), S. Paranavitana ascribes the Pärakumbāsirita to a later date, viz. the latter part of the reign of Parākramabāhu VI, r. 1412-1467; however, he adds another similar traditional Cinghalese account, this time taken from the earlier, 13th c. Pûjāvalī, as well as another more recent anecdote on Kumāradāsa causing the death of K. —  cf. also Satya Suri, A critical study of the Jānakīharaṇa of Kumāradāsa, 1984, pp. 4-6, who supply the two parts of the stanza involved in the anecdote as being: 
kamale kamalotpattiḥ  śrūyate na ca dṛśyate |
bāle tava mukhāmbhoje  dṛṣṭam indīvaradvayam ||
that is (with some minor variant readings) what is also found in the IA 7, 1878, and given as MSS no. 8674
https://archive.org/details/MahaasubhaasitasamgrahaVol1-8/Mahaasubhaasitasamgraha_Vol_5/page/n103/mode/2up
(with refs to the occurrences in anthologies etc.) - cf. also: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/539302
The anecdote appears to be also referred to in a Kashmiri proverb, see IA 62, 1933, p. 73
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.104132/page/n93/mode/2up


For the verse of the Kuntaleśvara-dautya quoted by Kṣemendra in his Aucityavicāracarcā, see Peterson JBBRAS 1885, pp. 169-170 : https://archive.org/details/jasb-vol-16-1883-85-issue-xliii/page/169/mode/2up
(interesting also for a verse ascribed there to Kumāradāsa... and also in part quoted by Patañjali! cf. ibid. pp. xxiv, 343)

The 17th c. Tibetan account (Tāranātha's History of Buddhism) is given in IA 4, 1875, pp. 101-104 (p. 103)  https://archive.org/details/indianantiquarya014355mbp/page/n109/mode/2up
- see also ibid. p. 363
and for a more recent translation: https://archive.org/details/TaranathasHistoryOfBuddhismInIndia


Le 4 avr. 2025 à 07:29, Lyne Bansat-Boudon <Lyne.Bansat-Boudon@ephe.psl.eu> a écrit :

For old popular legendary narratives about Kâlidâsa, you might have a look to my book: “Le théâtre de Kâlidâsa”, Connaissance de l’Orient, Gallimard, Paris. Also, Bansat-Boudon (ed): Théâtre de l’Inde ancienne, La Pléiade, Gallimard. 
Best wishes
Lyne 

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I forgot to add the legendary picture of Kālidāsa in the 16th c. Bhojaprabandha by Ballāla,  cf. tr. by Louis H. Gray, American Oriental Series 34, 1950, or here with the text:
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Here a few more  hints:

K. S. Ramaswami Sastri, Kalidasa: His Period, Personality & Poetry, Vani Vilas Press, 1933

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.102720/page/n95/mode/2up

pp. 83-87, where no source is given for the "traditional"/"apocryphal" (South-Indian) accounts of Kālidāsa's life, the first one corresponding to what is reported in a 17th century Tibetan source referred to by S. Lévi Théâtre I pp. 164-165
which itself corresponds to a Mysorian reported tradition publ. in IA 7, 1878, p. 115-117
completed there by a few anecdotical Sanskrit verses related to K. in relation with other (later...)  famous poets.

The tradition of the navaratnas at the Court of Vikramāditya appears to be attested first in the 12th c. (?) Jyotirvidābharaṇa (ascribed to K.), 22.10 (https://archive.org/details/Jyotirvidabharanam/page/n383/mode/2up), following
Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi & Narayan Raghunath Navlekar, Kālidāsa; Date, Life, and Works, Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1969 (not seen; pp. 8-29 according https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratnas )

Nothing "traditional" to be found in S. C. De, Kālidāsa and Vikramāditya, 1929 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.102719/page/n565/mode/2up

There is another traditional (?) verse about K. given by Appaya Dīkṣita en Kuvalayānanda (164) :

            purā kavīnāṃ gaṇanāprasaṅge  kaniṣṭhikādhiṣṭhitakālidāsā ।

            adyāpi tattulyakaver abhāvād  anāmikā sārthavatī babhūva ||

There are earlier biographical traditions about K. such as the one in the lost Kuntaleśvara-dautya (where K. himself  would have been the hero sent by Vikramāditya as messenger to the king of Kuntala), ascribed to K. himself by Kṣemendra (in his Aucityavicāracarcā), a same stanza of which is given by  Rāja­śekhara and twice by Bhoja - see V. Raghavan in B.C. Law Vol. Part II pp. 191-197
and thereon also the recent post:

I have noted on my old xerox of Raghavan's article "+ K. Raja SPAIOL 1972" but I do not remember to which it corresponds... there should also be a few more references in Narang's K. Bibliography, 1976:

Bw,

Christophe

Le 3 avr. 2025 à 16:00, Adriano Aprigliano via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> a écrit :

Dear Harsha, thanks a lot.
I'll try to get it.
b.w.
Adriano


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Em qui., 3 de abr. de 2025 às 10:57, Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia@hotmail.com> escreveu:
Friends 
I do not know if my book
Nayikas of Kalidasa. DK Publishing. Delhi
Will answer all your questions but it will be a good start. 
Regards
Harsha 

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Dear colleagues,

Could anyone point me to Sanskrit (or old) passages or works telling stories about Kālidāsa? I assume they must start from the second millennium on -- perhaps they're much more recent, I guess. For example, where does the story of his having been blessed by Kālī fist appears?

Thanks and best wishes,
Adriano



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