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The memory of Kalidasa’s writings led E. M. Forster to a long train journey to the ruins of Ujjain, the town in which Kalidasa lived.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Consider the Sanskrit court poet Kalidasa, in whose verses we encounter a river scented with the fragrant ichor of wild elephants.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

The poet Kalidasa, who probably lived at the close of the 1st Century BC wrote a poem about the seasons.

From BBC • May 8, 2010

As the poet of Sakuntala has said—"In other existences we all have loved and wept"—but the divine Kalidasa teaches that past lives should not be spoken of, "for the mystery of rebirth is sacred."

From Modern Saints and Seers by Marrett, Evan

Kalidasa is therefore under less constraint in writing this epic than in writing The Dynasty of Raghu.

From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa