A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.8

v2.c19.8

There is at least one point which may be considered as a very clear indication of later date, much later than would be implied by the claim that the work was written by the author of the *Rāmāyaṇa*. It contains a *śloka* which may be noted as almost identical with a verse of Kālidāsa’s *Kumāra-sambhava*¹. It may, in my opinion, be almost unhesitatingly assumed that the author borrowed it from Kālidāsa, and it is true, as is generally supposed, that Kālidāsa