43%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Sanskrit Scripts कालिदास(Sanskrit) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess Kali 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dāsa) meaning "servant". Kalidasa (or Kālidāsa) was a 4th-century Indian poet and dramatist, the author of the Abhijnanashakuntalam and other works. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootsKali + dāsaOther Languages & CulturesKalidas(Hindi) Categories poets, servitude, theophoric names, writers