Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa

The most important Kavyas of Kalidasa—Raghuvamsa and Kumara-sambhava—are distinguished by their independence of treatment and excellence of poetical beauty. The Kumetrasambhav a varies from the love-lines of spring and the delights of married love to the utter desolation induced by the death of beloved. The subject is unquestionably a daring one: the events which bring about the marriage of Lord Siva to Uma and the birth of Skanda. The prose order of each gloka has been given in the commentary by using bold type, the words not actually repeated by Mallinatha being en-closed within rectangular brackets. The notes explain allusions, gram-metical peculiarities not noticed by Mallinatha, copious extracts from other commentaries being given for this purpose. The book includes Text, the Commentary of Mallinatha, a literal English translation, notes and introduction.