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Meghadootam
The Meghadutam ("The Cloud Messenger") is a famous Sanskrit lyric poem by the classical poet Kalidasa, in which a yaksha (nature spirit) exiled from his home asks a passing cloud to carry a message of love to his wife in the Himalayas. Written in the elegant *mandakranta* meter, it's celebrated for its vivid descriptions of Indian landscapes and its tender expression of longing in separation (*vir