Vedāntic Reflections in Kālidāsa's Literature: A Journey through Ancient Wisdom

Kālidāsa is a celebrated classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India, travelling through the romantic poetic universe with a different perspective. He mainly contributes three notable plays and two great poems as a poet and dramatist. Meghasandeśa is his messenger poem that started the message movement in Indian Literature. Ṛitusamhāra also belongs to him, and he portrays six seasons fantastically. Kālidāsa, who fully understood Vedic knowledge, gave place to Vedāntic insight in his poems. He was proficient in all philosophical traditions of ancient India and adopted a stimulating method; many complicated subjects in ancient thought were simplified. Kālidāsa was also a pioneer in the Vedānta tradition of ancient India. Many non-dualistic and dualistic thoughts of ancient traditions can be seen in his works, which were severe thoughts of the realm of Classical Indian philosophy. This paper mainly analyses Vedānta's thoughts, including classical Vedānta traditions, which Kālidāsa illustrated. Keywords Kālidāsa, Sanskrit, Vedānta, Meghasandeśa, Ṛitusamhāra,