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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.

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Mentioned by William Dalrymple as one of the major literary achievements of the Gupta period.
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