[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) › [Poems of double meaning and verbal virtuosity](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.slesa) › Dushkaramala # Dushkaramala (Duṣkaramālā) दुष्करमाला poem under Kālidāsa's name - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 350–450 CE - **Author:** [Kālidāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kalidasa) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.slesa.duskaramala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.slesa.duskaramala) · Pramāṇa