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Literature

A Story for a Verse – Mallinatha

तिन्त्रिणीदलसमानलोचने देवदुन्दुभिसमानमध्यमे । अर्कशुष्कफलव्ध्वनस्तनि रामवैरिभगिनीव राजसे ॥ Mallinatha was a great commentator. His felicity in capturing the crux of a poem and explaining its finer aspects is extraordinary. He wrote glosses on Magha’s Shishupalavadha and Kalidasa’s Meghadutam – Sarvankasha and Sanjivini respectively – and exclaimed माघे मेघे गतं वयः (I’ve read Shishupalavadha and Meghadutam. What