kumarasambhavam

[vasantha syamalam]

नमो नमः।
 कुमारसम्भवः कालिदासस्य रचना इति सर्वे जानन्ति। परन्तु तस्मिन् ८ तम सर्गपर्यन्तमेव कालिदासेन रचितम्।, शेषः सर्गाः अन्य आचार्येण रचिताः इति उच्यते। इदं वचनं सत्यं चेत् कालिदासानुसारं तत् काव्यं समाप्तिं प्राप्तवान् वा। 

 समाप्तिसूचकश्लोकः अथवा शब्दः कः अपि अस्ति वा?  
कृपया लिखतु। प्रतीक्षे।
 

[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

There is really nothing concrete left to tell us why Kumarasambhava terminates suddenly after 8 cantos.  The remaining cantos could have been irretrievably lost, the poet could have been stuck with sudden ill-health, or he could have died - anything is possible.  What is traditionally heard is that Kalidasa was taken by remorse - or that his colleagues etc expressed their displeasure at his depicting so openly erotic scenes between Shankara and Parvati, something  as abhorrent as describing love scenes between parents.

Arvind Kolhatkar.

[vasantha syamalam]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 2:01 AM, Arvind_Kolhatkar <kolhat...@gmail.com> wrote:

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There is really nothing concrete left to tell us why Kumarasambhava terminates suddenly after 8 cantos.  The remaining cantos could have been irretrievably lost, the poet could have been stuck with sudden ill-health, or he could have died - anything is possible.  What is traditionally heard is that Kalidasa was taken by remorse - or that his colleagues etc expressed their displeasure at his depicting so openly erotic scenes between Shankara and Parvati, something  as abhorrent as describing love scenes between parents.

Arvind Kolhatkar.

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