Essay name: Bhasa (critical and historical study)
Author: A. D. Pusalker
This book studies Bhasa, the author of thirteen plays ascribed found in the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. These works largely adhere to the rules of traditional Indian theatrics known as Natya-Shastra.
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賵賵 2 further, proceed from the North. Dr. Sten Konow would
find in R膩jasimha a reference to a K峁trapa king, by
placing S眉draka in the third century A. D., and assuming
that the word R膩jasimha refers to Rudrasimha I. But,
"two weak arguments combined do not make a strong
argument". No special reason is shown why 鈥楻膩jasimha'
should refer to the particularly selected king, there being
among the Western k峁trapas three kings of the name
Rudrasimha, one Simhasena and one Vi艣vasimha, who
all ruled between 180 and 388 A.D. The territorial
boundaries also do not coincide. Dr. K. P. Jayaswal and
Mr. P. Chaudhury come next, championing the cause of
N膩r膩ya峁嘺 K膩峁噕a.鲁 But "the theory seems more
ingenious than probable" as the interpretations and
allusions in 'N膩r膩ya峁嘺,' "B膩rhadrath膩pah峁泃a' and
'Upendra' etc. are far-fetched, unwarranted and ill-suited
to the context, The descriptions further "would
better suit the Sunga king." The attempt is said to
have been made "with more imagination than historical
facts". No case is made out for foreign invasion. It
militates against the vicissitudes of the king, and is not
borne out by historical material. Prof. Dhruva next
deserves our attention by making Bh膩sa the court poet of
Pusyamitra, and referring the 'paracakra' to the invasion
by Menander. In addition to the ignorance of the South
that our poet displays for so late a period, there are
historical facts that do not lend their support to this
theory. Prof. Dhruva finds allusions to the invasion and
19 4 Cost of Magadha under Pusyamitra by Kh膩ravela
and Menander, Pusyamitra's subsequent victory and
performance of the Asvamedha, in the Bharatav膩kyas. But
all this is wrong. It is shown by Dr. Roy Chaudhury
that Kh膩ravela cannot be the comtemporary of
Pusyamitra, and 'Menander could not have been the Indo-
Greek contemporary of Pusyamitra Sunga"." Thus the
contemporaneity of Pusyamitra, Kh膩ravela and Menander
is open to much doubt. Internal evidence, again, will go
against any such identity; for, there is much change in
Visnu); Raddi, VJV, 47, p. 135 (Kerala R膩jasimha); Saraswati, IHQ,1, pp.
263-264 (Pallava R膩jasimha ).
1 ID, p. 51. 2 Winternitz, Problems, p. 124. 3
pp. 264-265; Chaudhuri, MR, Oct. 1913, pp. 384-387.
1914, p. 598. 5 Winternitz, CR, Dec. 1924, p. 343.
11-12, 30-59. 7 PHAI, pp.237-249, on p. 249.
Jayaswal, JASB, 1913,
4 Venkataraman MR,
6 Svapnani Sundari, pp.
