Kalidas

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  • Indian, Hindi
Modern form of KALIDASA.

KALIDASA   male   Sanskrit
Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess KALI combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) meaning "servant". This was the name of a 4th-century Indian poet and dramatist, the author of the 'Abhijnanashakuntalam'.
KALI   female & male   Hinduism, Bengali, Tamil
Means "the black one" in Sanskrit. The Hindu goddess Kali is the fierce destructive form of the wife of Shiva. She is usually depicted with black skin and four arms, holding a severed head and brandishing a sword. As a personal name, it is generally masculine in India.
EQUIVALENTS
HINDI: Kalidas
SANSKRIT: Kalidasa
OTHER FORMS
HINDUISM: Kali