The Six Seasons - Ritusamhara: Kalidasa
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Overview
In Ritusamhara, Kalidasa brings together ecological with sensual by making reference to the changing seasons and how passionate love is rekindled with the arrival of each new season. This new translation of Ritusamhara by poet-diplomat Abhay K. is a must read for one and all.
Ritusamhara or The Six Seasons is a classic of Sanskrit literature, written by Kalidasa some 1500 years ago. This breathtaking poem sings the glory of six seasons- gri?ma (summer), var?a/ pavas (monsoon/rains), sarat (autumn), hemanta (frost), sisira (winter), and vasanta (spring) and the changing rhythms of nature and life in each season.
- Title: The Six Seasons - Ritusamhara: Kalidasa
- Author: A. K.
- Publisher: Bloomsbury India
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9789354350184, 9354350186
- Resource ID: LLS:9789354350184
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T11:27:28Z
Abhay K. (b.1980) is the author of a memoir and nine poetry collections including The Magic of Madagascar, The Alphabets of Latin America, The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu and The Seduction of Delhi. He is the editor of CAPITALS, New Brazilian Poems, Great Indian Poems and The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems. His poems have been published in over 100 literary journals across the world including Poetry Salzburg Review. He received the SAARC Literary Award in 2013 and was invited to record his poems at the Library of Congress in Washington DC in 2018. His poem-song 'Earth Anthem' has been translated into over 120 world languages and is performed across the globe.www.abhayk.com