The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1210 page)

K
lid
sa
.

A Hindu poet and dramatist. Nothing certain is known about his life and family. It is possible that he lived, between 350 and 460 CE. This period is suggested from internal evidence found in his books
Meghad
ta
and
Kum
rasambhava
. His most celebrated works are the three plays
akuntal
(
Abhijñana
akuntala
, ‘The Recognition of
akuntal
’),
Vikramorvash
yam
, and
M
lavik
gnimitra
. His epic compositions,
Raghuva
sha
and
Kum
rasambhava
, are unsurpassed in Skt. poetry, and his genius is equally evident in
R
tusamh
ra