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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155 5
. A split up verse completed by different speakers
which is already noted as a special feature of Bh膩sa, is
found copied in the Mrcch, VII. 7.
6. The inauspicious omens which Carudatta
comes across in the Mrcch (IX. 10-11) are similar to
those mentioned in the Pa帽c, p. 48.-ft argi gragad
啶嗋げ啷佮す啶� 啶粪啶曕啶栢お啶距啶距ぃ啶苦啶熰啶熰た啶む啶｀啶∴ 啶嗋う啶苦啷嵿啶距す啶苦ぎ啷佮す啶� 啶掂た啶粪啶粪げ啶� 啶掂た啶侧さ啶︵た 啷�
[膩luhi 峁kkhap膩kh膩峁噄gha峁弓itu峁囜笉a峁� 膩dicc膩himuha峁� vi峁ａ梗ala峁� vilavadi |
] 7. Similarity of ideas and expression with Bh膩sa
is found in such sentences as 啶掂た啶︵啶掂啶粪啶掂え啶班啶ムぞ 啶す啷佮げ啷�啶さ啶ㄠ啶むた 啷� 啶曕ぐ啶苦啶班じ啶が啶距す啷佮 啷�
啶啶洁す啶� 啶侧い啶距 啶曕啶膏啶た啶むぞ啶�...啷�
[vidve峁anarth膩 bahul墨bhavanti | karikarasamab膩hu岣� |
yo'ha峁� lat膩峁� kusumit膩峁�...|
] 8. The Bharatavakya in the Mrcch expresses
similar sentiments as are found in the normal epilogue.
of the Bhasa dramas.
These facts coupled with those given earlier while
considering whether the Car was complete in itself,
tend to show that the Car as we have it is a fragment;
that it contained at least four more acts which developed
on identical lines as found in the Mrcch; and that the
later acts of the Mrcch, considered independently, betray
Bh膩sa influences.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARUDATTA AND
MRCCHAKATIKA.
Drs. T. Ganapati Sastri, Sukthankar, Belvalkar,
Winternitz, Sten Konow, Keith, Charpentier, Thomas,
Morgenstierne, Banerji Sastri, Jolly, Profs. Dhruva,
Bhide, Paranjape, Tatke, Messrs. Harihar Sastri,
Khuperkar, Kirata and many other oriental scholars
maintain the priority of the Car and consider the Mrcch
as an enlargement of it; while others like Profs. Kane,
K. R. Pisharoti, Devdhar, Ramavatar Sarma,
Bhattanatha Swami, R. Raddi, Mr. K. G. Sankar consider
the Trivandrum plays as spurious and regard the Car
as something little less than
than
a literary forgery.
Dr. C. Kunhan Raja, Prof. Jahagirdar, Mr. Nerurkar,
and Dr. H. Sastri opine that both the Car and the Mrcch
are the different recensions of the same play-the former
possibly a Southern one-,and that the Car is purposely
kept a fragment.' We shall consider the last view after we
examine the relation between the Car and the Mrcch.
1 Raja, JOR, 1, p. 245; Jahagirdar, IA, 1931, p. 42; Nerurkar, Mrcch,
1924, Intr., pp. 18-19; Hirananda Sastri, MASI, 28, p. 22; Sankar, AMV, 2,
P. 58.
