Abstract:
The celebrated and much distinguished Indian poet Kalidasa is generally accepted as the kavi
kula guru or the Cardinal poet. His profound and far reaching inspiration are clearly visible on
latter writers as well as critics. It is generally believed that Kalidasa was a poet who laboured to
capture the beauty, eminence and sublimity of nature in a language that was vibrating with
topological power. In his work Rithu samhara he depicts the six seasons and their characteristic
with remarkable exuberance. The poet perceives human beings and nature interacting in a
sensualized discursive space. To secure his intention he anthropomorphized nature. Kalidasa’s
Nature poetry bears the distinct zeal of his faith, his adoration of Lord Shiva and it is dedicated
to eulogize the mightiness of the Shiva. The poet’s perception of the omnipresence of Lord Shiva
in a phenomenal word is the core of his nature poetry. The study aims to explore the unique ways
the environment or nature is represented in Kalidasa’s Ritu samhara and how his attitudes
towards nature differs from the approaches adopted by the Chinese and Japanese nature poets.
