Volume 18, No. 6, 2021

Minister’s Duty In The Absence Of The King In The Light Of Kālidāsa’s Writing


Dr. Lina Devi

Abstract

Ministers are entrusted with a huge responsibility in the administration system. Though the king was the central figure of a state, but he was always helped by the ministers. These ministers helped the king in all matters of state administration. In fact, it is the duty of the minister to play the role of a king when he is absent. Ministers were considered as very much privileged and respectable. Kālidāsa also treated them in his works in respectable manner. In the works of Kālidāsa, there are many occasions when the poet gives the references of this context. Those are included here. The aim of the proposed paper is to highlight minister’s duty in the absence of the king with a special reference to Kālidāsa’s works.


Pages: 2283-2287

Keywords: Minister, Duty, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṁśam, Vikramorvaśīyam.

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