कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

PREFACE. THIS Edition of the Fifth Canto of the Kumâra- sambhavam is meant to meet the requirements of the students of the Intermediate classes. In it they will find the text as well as annotations on it, and thus they will be saved of the necessity of going for a bigger edition containing the whole of the poem. The notes contain almost all that is needed for a student and if read with proper care they will prove of great advantage to him Those who are regular students in some college should not neglect the lectures of their teachers, but should regard these notes as a supplement to them. Only then they can make the right use of these notes. As to the private candidates, they can safely depend on these notes for their success in the examination. To acquaint the students with Kâlidâsa and his poem, an introduction has been added to the notes, which contains general as well as critical remarks. The book has been brought out in a hurry, so it is quite possible that some mistakes of printing or otherwise may have escaped notice. For the pointing out of them we shall be thankful to the reader and corrections will be made in the next edition The author feels grateful to Kale's edition of the Kumârasambhavam, on which is based the text and which he has consulted while writing these notes. DEHRA DUN, \big} August 1, 1935. \big} MAHENDRA PRATAP SHASTRI.