कुमारसम्भवे प्रथमसर्गे - वर्गः ०१ (सव्याख्यानम्)(English)
Channel: Lectures on Sanskrit texts
Date: 2021-04-08

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Kumārasambhava, one of the five great poems of Samskrita Literature  – the पञ्च-महाकाव्यs. Kālidāsa, author of this kāvyam, is famous for using appropriate and beautiful similes, earning the epithet ‘उपमा कालिदासस्य’.Among the many commentaries written, Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita's Vivaraṇam brings out the beauty of the poem in a facile manner. Select portions of this commentary is also discussed.

Sarga 1, Session 1

वर्गः १ -  मङ्गलश्लोकः
(नारणपण्डितविरचितेन विवरणेन साकम्)

(Explanation in English by Smt Visalakshi Sankaran)

The texts are available at
https://ia601602.us.archive.org/20/items/Trivandrum_Sanskrit_Series_TSS/TSS-027_Kumarasambhava_Part_1_-_TG_Sastri_1913.pdf
https://ia601602.us.archive.org/20/items/Trivandrum_Sanskrit_Series_TSS/TSS-032_Kumarasambhava_Part_2_-_TG_Sastri_1913.pdf
https://ia601602.us.archive.org/20/items/Trivandrum_Sanskrit_Series_TSS/TSS-036_Kumarasambhava_Part_3_-_TG_Sastri_1914.pdf