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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DEVIATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE.
Duryodhana is depicted as the real emperor in this
drama, whereas Dh峁泃ar膩峁ａ弓ra was the emperor in the
epic. The drama has in the assembly no one besides the
Kauravas, and Bhisma and Drona are mere figureheads
therein; the epic, however, speaks of many persons
attending the assembly and every one has his say. The
picture-scroll and the appearance of the divine weapons
are invented by the poet for stage effect. K峁涐梗峁嘺 and
Duryodhana in the epic engage in long, monotonous
dialogues, whereas their exchanges in the drama are
more personal. Duryodhana is presented in the drama
as a mighty warrior, a dignified emperor, thus quite
in contrast to the epic where he is merely a wicked
man.
Type of Drama. Dr. G. Sastri states that the play
is either a Vyayoga or a Vithi. Dhananjaya has defined
Vyayoga as (Da峁r奴pa, III. 60-61):
啶栢啶ぞ啶むた啶掂啶む啶む 啶掂啶ぞ啶啶椸 啶栢啶ぞ啶む啶︵啶оい啶ㄠぐ啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啷�
[khy膩tiv峁泃to vy膩yoga岣� khy膩toddhatanar膩艣raya岣� ||
] Han m氓lanirai aan: zgfenazan: 1
啶呧じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷�啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶むじ啶傕啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啷� 啶溹ぞ啶う啶椸啶ㄠ啶啶 啶ぅ啶� 啷�
[astr墨nimittasa峁僩r膩mo j膩madagnyajaye yath膩 ||
] which indicates that the Vyayoga had a renowned plot;
the hero was renowned and haughty; haughty rasas were
employed and the sandhis were void of garbha and
vimarsa; the fighting must not have been caused by
woman. The Bhavaprak膩艣ana suggests that there may
be more heroes than one. It may be noted that there
is no real fight in this drama but only very feeble attempts.
by Duryodhana to bind K峁涐梗峁嘺, which are utterly foiled by
Vasudeva K峁涐梗峁嘺. Vithi has been defined thus (Da艣ar奴pa,
III. 68-69):
arat 啶む 啶曕啶多た啶曕啶掂啶む啶む 啶膏え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿く啶權啶椸ぞ啶權啶椸啶膏啶む 啶ぞ啶｀さ啶む 啷�
啶班じ啶� 啶膏啶氞啶じ啷嵿い啷� 啶多啶傕啶距ぐ啶� 啶膏啶啶多啶︵お啶� 啶班じ啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぎ啷� 啷�
啶啶曕啶むぞ 啶啶班じ啷嵿い啶距さ啶ㄠぞ啶栢啶ぞ啶む啶班啷嵿啷堗ぐ啷佮う啷嵿啶距啶啶距う啶苦き啶苦 啷�
啶忇さ啶� 啶掂啶ム 啶掂た啶оぞ啶むさ啷嵿く啶� 啶︵啶掂啶啶曕お啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶啶班く啷嬥啶苦い啶� 啷�
[tu kai艣ik墨v峁泃tau sandhya峁単膩峁単aistu bh膩峁嘺vat ||
rasa岣� s奴cyastu 艣峁涐箖g膩ra岣� sp峁浥沞dapi ras膩ntaram |
yukt膩 prast膩van膩khy膩taira峁単airudgh膩峁璦yak膩dibhi岣� ||
eva峁� v墨th墨 vidh膩tavy膩 dvyekap膩traprayojit膩 |
] It speaks of the suggestion of Srigara in the Vithi,
whereas there is nothing of the kind in the Dv. The
Rasar峁嘺va Sudhakara even speaks of a heroine for the
1 Dv, p. 31. 2 GOS, No. 40, p, 248.
