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Abstract
The civilization records the hall-marks of women contribution at all the ages. Kālidāsa as a great poet of humanity, has created female characters in his poems and plays, who are very famous for their individual status and social ideals. Their attitude and fortitude, aptitude and ideals, service and sacrifice, speak a lot about the ancient Indian society during the period of the poet (c.400 AD). The Vedic vision of the seers and the epic ideals of the sages of the land modulated the female characters of Kālidāsa. The characters like Pārvatī, Śakuntalā, Sītā etc. are painted with distinguished individual traits which contribute significantly to the ideals of universal woman hood. This article presents the growth, ideal and status of Kālidāsan women at different stages of girlhood and womanhood with a critical and analytical vision to their contributions to the social life at large.