A History of Sanskrit Literature c4.6

c4.6

| 3. Kālidāsa's Life . . . . . | 79 |
| 4. The Ṛtusaṁhāra . . . . | 82 |
| 5. The Meghadūta . . . . | 84 |
| 6. The Kumārasambhava . . . | 87 |
| 7. The Raghuvaṁça . . . . | 92 |
| 8. Kālidāsa's Thought . . . . | 98 |
| 9. Kālidāsa's Style and Metre . . . | 101 |
| V. Bhāravi, Bhaṭṭi, Kumāradāsa, and Māgha . . | 109 |
| 1. Bhāravi . . . . . | 109 |
| 2. Bhaṭṭi . . . . . | 116 |
| 3. Kumāradāsa . . . . | 119 |
| 4. Māgha . . . . . | 124 |
| VI. The Lesser Epic Poets . . . . | 132 |
| VII. Historical Kāvya . . . . . | 144 |
| 1. Indian Historical Writing . . . | 144 |
| 2. The Beginnings of History . . . | 147 |
| 3. Bilhaṇa . . . . . | 153 |
| 4. Kalhaṇa's Life and Times . . . | 158 |
| 5. The Rājataraṅgiṇī and its Sources . . | 161 |
| 6. Kalhaṇa as a Historian . . . | 164 |
| 7. Kalhaṇa's Style . . . . | 169 |
| 8. Minor Historical Kāvya . . . | 172 |
| VIII. Bhartṛhari, Amaru, Bilhaṇa, and Jayadeva . . | 175 |
| 1. Bhartṛhari . . . . | 175 |
| 2. Amaru . . . . . | 183 |
| 3. Bilhaṇa . . . . . | 188 |
| 4. Jayadeva . . . . . | 190 |
| IX. Lyric Poetry and the Anthologies . . . | 199 |
| 1. Secular Poetry . . . . | 199 |
| 2. Religious Poetry . . . . | 210 |
| 3. The Anthologies . . . . | 222 |
| 4. Prākrit Lyrics . . . . | 223 |
| X. Gnomic and Didactic Poetry . . . . | 227 |
| 1. Gnomic Poetry . . . . | 227 |
| 2. Didactic Poetry . . . . | 236 |