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The Cloud Messenger

Franklin Edgerton

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A poem of 111 stanzas, it is one of Kālidāsa's most famous works. The work is divided into two parts, Purva-megha and Uttara-megha. It recounts how a yakṣa, a subject of King Kubera , after being exiled for a year to Central India for neglecting his duties, convinces a passing cloud to take a message to his wife at Alaka on Mount Kailāsa in the Himālaya mountains. The yakṣa accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud will see on its northward course to the city of Alakā, where his wife awaits his return.

Language: English

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Release: May 15, 1964

ISBN: 0472060872

ISBN 13: 9780472060870

The Cloud Messenger

Franklin Edgerton

3.9/5 ( ratings)

A poem of 111 stanzas, it is one of Kālidāsa's most famous works. The work is divided into two parts, Purva-megha and Uttara-megha. It recounts how a yakṣa, a subject of King Kubera , after being exiled for a year to Central India for neglecting his duties, convinces a passing cloud to take a message to his wife at Alaka on Mount Kailāsa in the Himālaya mountains. The yakṣa accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud will see on its northward course to the city of Alakā, where his wife awaits his return.

Language: English

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Release: May 15, 1964

ISBN: 0472060872

ISBN 13: 9780472060870

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