| Being born in a family of traditional Sanskrit scholars, and having a scholar who was an authority on Valmiki and Kalidasa for a father helped too. |
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| For example, in the following sloka from Kalidasa a verbal prefix is identified as the source of dhvani. |
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| The Gupta period produced scholars such as Kalidasa, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Vishnu Sharma, and Vatsyayana who made great advancements in many academic fields. |
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