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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कालिदासkālidāsa1 N. of a celebrated poet (author of many works like Śākuntala, Raghuvaṁśa &c.).
    1. 1 Name of a celebrated poet (author of many works like Śākuntala, Raghuvaṁśa etc.).
    2. Name of two other poets (author of Nalodaya and Śrutabodha).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कालिदासkālidāsa[kâli-dâsa] m. (servant of Kâlî), N. of various poets; the celebrated lyric, epic, and dramatic poet of this…

    [kâli-dâsa] masculine (servant of Kâlî), noun of various poets; the celebrated lyric, epic, and dramatic poet of this name lived in the sixth century adjective dative

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कालिदासkālidāsam. (fr. काली, the goddess Durga1 दुर्गा, and दास, a slave, the final of काली being shortened; cf. Pa1n2. 6-3…

    masculine gender (from काली, the goddess Durga1 दुर्गा, and दास, a slave, the final of काली being shortened; confer, compare Pa1n2. 6-3, 63), Name of a celebrated poet (author of the S3akuntala1 शकुन्तला, Vikramo7rvas3i1 विक्रमोर्वशी, Ma1lavika7gnimitra मालविकाग्निमित्र, Megha-du1ta मेघ-दूत, and Raghu-van6s3a रघु-वंश; described as one of the nine gems of Vikrama7ditya विक्रमा*दित्य 's court, and variously placed in the first, second, third, and middle of the sixth century A.D.; the name is, however, applied to several persons, especially to two according to others who may have written the Nalo7daya नलोदय and S3ruta श्रुत - bodha बोध [hence the Name is used to denote the number, "three"], and seems, in some measure, to have been used as an honorary title).

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  2. अभिनवकालिदासabhinavakālidāsam. the modern Ka1lida1sa कालिदास, i.e. Ma1dhava1ca1rya माधवाचार्य .

    masculine gender the modern Ka1lida1sa कालिदास, id est Ma1dhava1ca1rya माधवाचार्य .

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  3. कालिदासकkālidāsakam. = preceding L.

    masculine gender Equivalent to preceding Lexicographers

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  4. नवकालिदासnavakālidāsam. "a new Ka1lida1sa कालिदास", N. of Ma1dhava माधव as author of S3am2kar. (cf. अभिनव-क्˚).

    masculine gender "a new Ka1lida1sa कालिदास", Name of Ma1dhava माधव as author of S3am2kar. (confer, compare अभिनव-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied).

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