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THE
BIRTH OF THE WAR-GOD.
A POEM BY KÁLIDÁSA.
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Translated from the Sanskrit into English Verse,
BY
RALPH T. H. GRIFFITH, M.A.
OF QUEENS'S COLLEGE, OXFORD;
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, AND BODEN SANSKRIT SCHOLAR;
AUTHOR OF
"SPECIMENS OF OLD INDIAN POETRY."
Under the Patronage of the Oriental Translation Fund.
LONDON:
Wm. H. ALLEN & CO.,
7, LEADENHALL STREET.
1853.