Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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).

[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