[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Court epics (sargabandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya) › [Śiva, Pārvatī, Skanda and Devī epics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva) › [Kumārasaṃbhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava) › The Birth of Kumára (Clay Sanskrit Library) # The Birth of Kumára (Clay Sanskrit Library) Translation of [The Birth of Kumāra (Kumārasaṃbhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava) English translation facing the Sanskrit text in the Clay Sanskrit Library (2005); not openly available (© NYU Press & JJC Foundation). - **Language:** English - **Date:** 2005 CE - **Translator:** [David Smith](https://indike.org/pramana/person/smith-david) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) - **Source:** clay · The Birth of Kumára, tr. David Smith. Clay Sanskrit Library. New York: New York University Press & JJC… · © Clay Sanskrit Library (New York University Press & JJC Foundation), all rights reserved — not openly… --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-smith](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-smith) · Pramāṇa