84000 Glossary of Terms

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ནག་མོ་ཁོལ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ནག་མོ་ཁོལ།

  • nag mo khol
  • kālidāsa
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Kālidāsa (c. fourth–fifth century ᴄᴇ) was one of India’s greatest poets. He is the author of Cloud Messenger (Skt. Meghadūta, Tib. sprin gyi pho nya), a work that exerted a major influence on Tibet’s poetic tradition, and a praise to Sarasvatī called Sarasvatīstotra (Toh 3704).