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Meghaduta (Meghadūtam, "cloud messenger") or Meghdoot is a Sanskrit lyric poem, written by of the fifth century poet Mahākavi Kalidāsa ("the great poet Kalidasa").

The poem is written in mandakrānta poetic meter, which is considered to be "apt for depiction of sentiments of pathos and tenderness".

Background
The first three verses of the poem sum up the background of the poem. The poem is written as a monologue of the central character, a yaksha (a Hindu demi-god, who is an attendant of the treasurer of gods and king of yakshas - Kubera). The yaksha is cursed by his guru to leave away from his hometown Alaka (the capital of Kubera's kingdom in the Himalayas) and his beloved, for a whole year.