{"product_id":"9781784011987","title":"Shakuntala and Other Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace and Time are pleased to bring you Shakuntala and Other Works by Kåalidåasa. This classic is presented as a wonderfully presented edition with a fully interactive table of contents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKālidāsa was a Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His floruit cannot be dated with precision, but most likely falls within the 5th century AD. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Hindu Puranas and Hindu philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany scholars have written commentaries on the works of Kālidāsa. Among the most studied commentaries are those by Kolāchala Mallinātha Suri, which were written in the 15th century during the reign of the Vijayanagar king, Deva Rāya II. The earliest surviving commentaries appear to be those of the 10th-century Kashmirian scholar Vallabhadeva. Eminent Sanskrit poets like Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Jayadeva and Rajasekhara have lavished praise on Kālidāsa in their tributes. A well-known Sanskrit verse (\"Upamā Kālidāsasya…\") praises his skill at upamā, or similes. Anandavardhana, a highly revered critic, considered Kālidāsa to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets ever. Of the hundreds of pre-modern Sanskrit commentaries on Kālidāsa's works, only a fraction have been contemporarily published. Such commentaries show signs of Kālidāsa's poetry being changed from its original state through centuries of manual copying, and possibly through competing oral traditions which ran alongside the written tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKālidāsa's Abhijñānaśākuntalam was one of the first works of Indian literature to become known in Europe. It was first translated to English and then from English to German, where it was received with wonder and fascination by a group of eminent poets, which included Herder and Goethe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Space and Time","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157307080944,"sku":"9781784011987","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784011987_p0.jpg?v=1763727177","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784011987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}