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Date: Tue Mar 26 1996 - 18:56:29 PST
Mr. sadagopan said: >>>>Hamsa Sandesam is what is known as a Sandesa Kavyam. This Kavyam follows the style of AandaaL and Nammazhwar,...... . In more recent times, Poet Kalidasa Composed Megha Sandesam , where he asks the hurrying clouds to take a message to his beloved one in the Northern region. <<<<<<< This implies that Kalidasa's time is after that of Nammalvar and Andal. I think Kalidasa's time is 400-500 AD or earlier. Andal's time is 800 AD or later. Nammalvar's time is supposedly 600-700 AD. I do realize that traditional time of Alvars is Dvaparam(3100 BC and earlier), and early Kali Yugam; which makes them thousands of years before Kalidasa. -K. Sreekrishna (Tatachar)