A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s6.59

v3.c35.s6.59

¹ It seems Kālidāsa tries to demonstrate his knowledge of the science of love, Kāmaśāstra, in this canto. Winternitz expresses his inability to be so enthusiastic as J. J. Meyer (Translation of the Daśakumāracarita, Intro-duction, p. 197, note), who says: "The canto XIX of the Raghuvaṁśa offers an outstanding picture, executed with classical serenity and Indian ardour, of an Indian Don Juan in his character of a mighty dare-devil and wordly man, in whom an ingenious gracefulness is natural. The canto belongs to a work that is most excellent on the whole, abounding in beautiful passages, but is so tragic towards the end". R. Schmidt, Liebe und Ehe in alten und modernen Indien, Berlin 1904, p. 134, gives a German translation of canto XIX, 1-57.