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The Mālavikāgnimitram of Kālidāsa is arguably the least refined work of the most celebrated Sanskrit poet. Although this dubious distinction has preserved the text in the minds of Indian literati for centuries, it has simultaneously relegated it to a position of triviality. Even today the work remains underappreciated, finding mention only in the context of enumerating the great poet’s oeuvre. Nonetheless, a close reading of the text reveals several remarkable passages and, more importantly, a w...indow into the mind of a master poet in the making. The seven works attributed to the early fifth-century Sanskrit poet Kālidāsa comprise three plays, two epics and two long poems. Of these, the text at hand is certainly one of his earliest productions, if not his very first. Before the start of Act I, a director calls out to his assistant and announces that a new play (nāṭaka) by Kālidāsa should be staged for the spring festival. The assistant, or pāripārśvika, 2 replies: ‘Oh no!
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