Epic poem · 1879

The Birth of the War-God

Kumarasambhava

by Kalidasa

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1879)

Kalidasa's Sanskrit epic of the courtship of Shiva and Uma and the birth of Kumara, god of war, in seven cantos, in Griffith's rhymed couplets.

Contents · 7 parts

• Canto I: Umá's Nativityabout 320 lines
• Canto II: The Address to Brahmáabout 240 lines
• Canto III: The Death of Loveabout 330 lines
• Canto IV: Rati's Lamentabout 190 lines
• Canto V: Umá's Rewardabout 410 lines
• Canto VI: Umá's Espousalsabout 320 lines
• Canto VII: Umá's Bridalabout 390 lines

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