Talk:Kalidasa
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quote from the writeup: It is very unlikely that he would have made this obscure king the hero of his play unless he belonged to that period. End quote.
Why can't a poet/playwright base his play on a long forgotten hero just because he lived several centuries ago? By the same token, the screen play of Gladiator (the Oscar winning American film) must have been written by someone from the Roman times, eh?
I'm sure there must be a better reason for scholars to estimate 1 BC to be a plausible date. The given "reason" seems to be quite weak ... --Das
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[edit] Kalidasa, not Kalidas
I would like to point out that the name in Sanskrit is Kalidasa, not Kalidas. The latter is the Hindi variant. Another variant (in South Indian languages) is Kalidasan. But since Kalidasa wrote in Sanskrit, it would be most appropriate to refer to him by that name.
Moved. Sanxiyn
[edit] Unexplained sentence
I removed this sentence from the section on dating. It seems to be defending the 1st century date. However, it needs better explanation. Please replace it if you can explain its point.The Singing Badger 20:54, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
- The Vikrama calendar also begins with 58-57 BC.
[edit] Added {{cleanup}} notice
Found some contradicting notes scattered around the article, such as: "Known to be an ardent worshipper of Shiva"; Then, "A devoted worshipper of the goddess Kali". While I do not suggest that it is not possible, I think a cleanup/copy-edit is in order.
Secondly, am suppressing a strong urge to flag this as a stub because I think enough information should be available in the public domain to expand this further (I will surely contribute to it when I have something substantial). --rgds. Miljoshi | talk 06:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Correct Talkpage - Talk:Kālidāsa
The article is moved to Kālidāsa. Please direct your discussions to Talk:Kālidāsa. --ΜιĿːtalk 16:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
