A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.84

v3.c35.s8.84

The fame of the Meghadūta in India is proved also by the extraordinarily numerous imitations of the poem in later-day Indian literature. So is the poet Dhoi, the writer of Pavanadūta¹ or Wind-Messenger” in which a Gandharva girl sends her message by the wind to King Lakṣmaṇasena, whom she loves. Another imitation, that is rather slavish, of the Meghadūta is the poem Śukasaṁdeśa² of a poet Lakṣmīdāsa, in which a parrot takes the place of the cloud. [Then there is one Bhramarasandeśa “The Bee-Messenger of Vāsudeva.]