A short summary of kaalidasan rithusamhara the loom of time
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Introduction
Kalidasa is the supreme poet and dramatist in classical Sanskrit literature. His works have been
hailed as classics of all time. They speak to all ages about the timeless things in life. The limitations of cultural contexts are easily transcended by them. Ritusamharam is considered to be the early effort of the master poet. The poem establishes the lyrical mode in classical Sanskrit literature. Love (sringara) is the dominant emotional mode that finds expression in the poem. Each stanza is exquisitely crafted round an image, as it were a flower, strung to the other to make a garland. The result is the poem, a garland of the seasons. The poet looks at Nature against the backdrop of changing seasons and the changes in the lives of the natural phenomena.
Ritusamhara
Traditionally the Indian calendar begins with Spring (Vasantha) and ends with Winter (Shishira). Kalidasa begins his description with summer, which should have come after spring. Such a strange beginning has evoked keen critical interest. One view is that the poem is written to celebrate the Spring festival. A more convincing view is that the poet wants to end the poem with a description of the vernal equinox, thereby leaving a benediction on human beings and the natural world. In fact, each Canto of the poem ends with such a blessing. Therefore the poem follows a carefully structured cyclical pattern which is in tune with the Indian concept of Time.
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Answer:
Kalidasa's Ritusamhara is an ode to nature's bounty and the enduring emotional response it evokes in mankind as a whole.
Explanation:
Summary of Kaalidasan Rithusamhara -"The loom of time"
Ritusamhara was translated as Medley of Seasons or Garland of Seasons, perhaps more aptly as the "Pageant of the Seasons", but also mistranslated as "birth and death" of seasons, which begans from the alternate meaning destruction.
The poem starts with the description of summer. The dry weather and the extreme heat conditions make the lands extremely parched. Everyone is waiting for a few drops of rain to soak the soil. But even in this time of extreme heat, one gets joy through mangoes and the cool moonlit nights. Then come the much awaited monsoons and the whole of India gets drenched and clean in the fresh monsoon rains.
The variety of seasons in India is used to signify the changes that take place in the minds of lovers and how they change. Every change has some good and some bad effects, but in totality it is a pleasant feeling.