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The cloud messenger
Book • 2021
Meghadūta, or The Cloud Messenger, is a masterpiece of Sanskrit literature.
It tells the story of a yakṣa, banished by Kubera, who enlists a cloud to deliver a message to his wife in the Himalayas.
The poem is divided into two parts and is celebrated for its vivid descriptions of nature and its emotional depth.
It has inspired a genre of messenger poems in Sanskrit literature.
It tells the story of a yakṣa, banished by Kubera, who enlists a cloud to deliver a message to his wife in the Himalayas.
The poem is divided into two parts and is celebrated for its vivid descriptions of nature and its emotional depth.
It has inspired a genre of messenger poems in Sanskrit literature.
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William Dalrymple
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The Kushan Empire
