This poet began an epic with a description of a "measuring-rod" of the world, or "the Snowy Range."
This poet began an epic with a description of a "measuring-rod" of the world, or "the Snowy Range." In the fourth canto of that epic by this author, the widow of a character who has been burned to death mistakes his outline in the ashes for him, still alive. Another of his poems inspired an imitation about the wind by Dhoyi. The title object of that poem by this author is compared to a "glossy braid of hair" and is told to rest by a mountain covered in (*) mango groves. An epic by this author includes the lament of Rati after Kama's death, begins with the birth of Parvati, and then describes her marriage to Shiva and the birth of their son, the title character. In another of his poems, the title object is asked to send love to the wife of an exiled yaksha. For 10 points, name this author of the The Birth of Kumara and The Cloud Messenger, who also wrote plays like The Recognition of Shakuntala.
This poet began an epic with a description of a "measuring-rod" of the world, or "the Snowy Range."
{Kalidasa}