(Old Instagram Post)
Ritusamhara (ऋतु संहार; ṛtu “season”; saṃhāra “compilation”) is a long poem or mini-epic in Sanskrit by Kālidāsa.
The poem has six cantos for the six Indian seasons —
- Grīṣma (summer),
- Varṣā (monsoon, rains),
- Śarada (autumn),
- Hemanta (cool),
- Śiśira (winter), and
- Vasanta (spring).
The changing seasons are depicted against the thematic backdrop of how lovers react to the landscape.
This is an excerpt which is translated in English.
