Meghadūta (English spelling)

Japanese: メーガドゥータ(英語表記)Meghadūta
Meghadūta (English spelling)
An Indian Sanskrit lyric poem. The Japanese translation is "The Messenger of the Clouds." Written by the poet Kalidasa in the 4th or 5th century. A poem of love that a Yaksha (attendant of the god Kubera) living in exile in central India sends to his wife, who he left behind at the foot of the Himalayas, entrusting her to the passing clouds.

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Japanese:
インドのサンスクリット抒情詩。邦訳名『雲の使者』。4~5世紀頃の詩人カーリダーサ作。中部インドに流謫の日をおくるヤクシャ (クベーラ神の従者) が,空ゆく雲に託してヒマラヤのふもとに残した妻に贈る愛慕の詩。

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