Meghaduta
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Meghaduta is a celebrated Sanskrit lyrical poem by the classical poet Kalidasa, in which a lovelorn yaksha sends a message to his distant wife through a passing cloud.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meghadutam | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit poem
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kavya ⓘ lyrical poem ⓘ |
| alternateTransliteration | Meghadoota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gupta period
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Kalidasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Kalidasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Sanskrit love poetry ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | yaksha ⓘ |
| culturalContext | classical Indian courtly culture ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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messenger poem ⓘ |
| hasCommentaries | traditional Sanskrit commentaries ⓘ |
| imageryFocus |
Indian landscape along the cloud’s route
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monsoon cloud ⓘ |
| influence |
influenced many Indian vernacular literatures
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inspired later messenger poems in Sanskrit ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
detailed geographical description
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personification of the cloud ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | classical Sanskrit kavya tradition ⓘ |
| meter | mandakranta ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person address to the cloud ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of the cloud’s journey
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evocation of rasa, especially shringara ⓘ rich nature imagery ⓘ |
| part |
Purvamegha
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Uttaramegha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInCanon | one of the most celebrated poems of Kalidasa ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A banished yaksha asks a passing cloud to carry a message to his distant wife ⓘ |
| primaryEmotion | vipralambha shringara ⓘ |
| recipientOfMessage | yaksha’s wife ⓘ |
| setting | from Ramagiri to Alaka in the Himalayas ⓘ |
| structure | two parts ⓘ |
| style | ornate classical Sanskrit ⓘ |
| subject | message carried by a cloud ⓘ |
| theme |
longing
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messenger motif ⓘ separation in love ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Cloud Messenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Bengali
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English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ many modern languages ⓘ |
| verseCountApproximate | about 120 verses ⓘ |
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Meghadutam