A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.87

v3.c35.s8.87

Haṁsadūta of Rūpagosvāmin (16th century), Padāṅkadūta of Kṛṣṇaśarman Sārvabhauma (written in 1723 A.D.), two different poems bearing the title Uddhavadūta, one of an unknown poet and the other of a poet Mādhava, who probably lived in the 17th century, are devoted to the love of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa³. More important than these and seemingly later imitations, in spite of their age, are the Jaina poems Pārśvābhyudaya and Nemidūta⁴ already mentioned before. The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa was not only translated into Singhalese even by the Buddhists of Ceylon but was also imitated by them⁵. The fame of Kālidāsa extended upto Tibet as well and we have a Tibetan translation of the Meghadūta, probably written in the 13th century A.D. included in the Tanjūr¹.