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² *Mālavikāgnimitra*, ‘The Story of Mālavikā and Agnimitra’, Act v, transl. Tawney, p. 78, with the substitution of the word ‘forces’ for ‘hosts’, which is not suitable. Abstracts of the plot are given by Wilson (*Theatre of the Hindus*, vol. i, pp. 348–53, and Sylvain Lévi, *Théâtre Indien*, pp. 166–70). It has been edited by Tullberg (Bonn, 1840), and translated into English by Tawney (Calcutta, 1875), into German by Weber (Berlin, 1856), and twice into French, first by Foucaux, and later by Victor Henry (Paris, 1877, 1889). The historical tradition seems to be authentic. Kālidāsa, the author, probably lived during the Gupta period in the fifth century. H. C. Chakladar places him definitely in the early years of the fifth century during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramāditya (‘Studies in the Kāmasutra of Vatsyayana’, *J. B. & O. Res. Soc.*, 1919, vol. v, Part ii, p. 199). For the Sagara legend see Dowson, *Classical Dictionary*, s. v.