1st Edition

The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa

By Ralph T.H. Griffith Copyright 2001
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

This is Volume IV of fourteen in the Oriental series on India: Language and Literature. First published in 1879 and focuses on ‘The Birth of the War-God’, a poem in seven cantos, written by Kalidasa.

Chapter 1 Canto First. UMÁ'S NATIVITY; Part 1 CANTO SECOND; Chapter 2 Canto Second THE ADDRESS TO BRAHMÁ; Part 2 CANTO THIRD; Chapter 3 Canto Third. THE DEATH OF LOVE; Part 3 CANTO FOURTH; Chapter 4 Canto fourth. RATI'S LAMENT; Part 4 CANTO FIFTH; Chapter 5 Canto Fifth. UMÁ'S REWARD; Part 5 CANTO SIXTH; Chapter 6 Canto Sirth. UMÁ'S ESPOUSALS; Part 6 CANTO SEVENTH; Chapter 7 Canto Seventh. UMÁ'S BRIDAL; NOTES;

Biography

Griffith, Ralph T.H.