How long does it take to read Meghadūta?
Meghadūta by Kālidāsa takes about 2 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1813. 116 pages, about 31,900 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 114 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
ed. from manuscripts, with the commentary of Vallabhadeva, and provided with a complete Sanskrit-English vocabulary, by E. Hultzsch
Subjects: Sanskrit Love poetry, Sanskrit Lyric poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Sanskrit poetry, History and criticism, Texts
