Encyclopaedia Of Kalidasa Literature

Many oriental and occidental scholars have written commentaries on the works of Kalidasa (particularly on the two epic poems and the Meghadûta). The most studied ones are those of Kolachala Mallinatha Suri, written in the 15th century during the reign of the Vijayanagar king, Deva Raya II. The earliest surviving commentaries appear to be those of the tenth-century Kashmirian scholar Vallabhadeva. Eminent Sanskrit poets like BaGabhamma, Jayadeva and Rajasekhara have lavished praise on Kalidasa in