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libri utrum a Kalidasa profecti sint necne, in prsesentia quidem 

 dijudicare incautum esset ; quae equidem legi, mirum in modum frigere 

 mihi videbantur ;" but certainly though some verses in this eighth 

 canto are unworthy of Kalidasa, many would do him no discredit. 



In conclusion we may add that there are several allusions to this 

 eighth canto in Hindu literature. Thus the Sahitya Darpana 

 (Book hi. §. 218), in its account of nidna or ' amantium ires,'' refers 

 as its example to Parvati's displeasure at the description of the even- 

 ing by S'iva, and his wish to perform the evening rites, and quotes it 

 as from the Kumara-Sambhava. The Das'a Eupa in book iv. §. 12, 

 quotes anonymously the lines beginning — 



which are the fifth S'loka of the present edition. But the most im- 

 portant reference is one in the second book of the Sankshipta Sara, 

 which, in its account of namadhatus, gives the following sutra and 

 commentary. 



«E^ *tt ii ^xnfH ^*rf?r I i;^wt f^nrwcftfcT ^nf%^re:. 



This is important as not only quoting a verse of the eighth canto 

 (s'l. 31,) but as mentioning the poet's name. 



E. B. C. 



Since writing the above we have learned that Dr. Bhau Daji is 

 printing these cantos of Kalidasa in Bombay. He has succeeded in 

 finding Mallinatha's Commentary to the eighth. 





