Eliade, a disciple of Kālidāsa
Eliade, a disciple of Kālidāsa;

Summary/Abstract: A careful reading of Mircea Eliade`s short stories reveals that they are true palimpsests. Eliade learned the process of writing "in layers", perhaps from Kālidāsa whose plays - Vikramōrvaśīyam, Mālavikāgnimitram and Śakuntalā - constitute a (trans)implementation of the dramatic art treatise Nāţyaśāstra. Considered the Fifth Veda, Nāţyaśāstra is not only a very extensive drama art treatise, but also one of metaphysics, created by the gods in order to save mortals from moral decay and thus contribute to their spiritual restoration. Some of Eliade's fantasy novels conceal a book about theater, but this book, in turn, conceals another, of spirituality. In some letters, Mircea Eliade called his fantastic prose "novella", meaning "novelty", or more precisely "news". We can thus consider that each individual novella renders the (same) spiritual message of "awakening", "enlightenment", "salvation".

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