Kalidasa’s Rtusamharam - Sanskrit text with English Translation

Kalidasa’s Rtusamharam is one of the earliest and most celebrated poetic descriptions of the seasons in classical Sanskrit literature.

This scholarly critical edition is based upon six printed texts and a fragmentary manuscript preserved in the Government Manuscripts Library at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune. It presents the Sanskrit text with the complete commentary of Manirama and the surviving fragmentary commentary of Amarakirtti Suri.

The editor generally follows Manirama’s detailed word-by-word interpretation while adopting alternative readings where required by meaning and context. Variant readings and references to parallel descriptions in the Ramayana and other works of classical Sanskrit literature are supplied throughout.

The introduction surveys the depiction of the seasons in Sanskrit literature from the Vedas through later classical writers. It also examines the relationship between Rtusamharam and comparable seasonal descriptions in the Ramayana.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kalidasa’s Rtusamharam  
Author: Kalidasa  
Critical Editor: S. R. Sehgal  
Commentaries: Manirama and Amarakirtti Suri  
Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sadan  
Publication Year: 2001  
Language: Sanskrit and English  
Format: Hardcover  
Pagination: 138 pages  
ISBN: Not assigned  

Condition

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Contents

Dedication  
Preface  
Bibliography  
Abbreviations  
Introduction  
The Number of Seasons in Vedic Literature  
Rtuvarnana as an Essential Element in Sanskrit Poetry  
Comparative Study of Grisma, Varsa, Sarad and Vasanta  
The Ramayana and the Rtusamharam  
Who Was Amarakirtti Suri?  
Text with Commentaries  
Appendices  
List of Interpolated Verses  
Pada Index  
Word Index  
Names of Flowers, Plants and Trees