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of that period as well as from the 'Indian' point of view
which is essentially of a devotional character. The
colophon Kavac膩峁卥a N膩峁璦ka' of another manuscript'
gives the alternate title of the play, lending additional
support to the interpretation of the title 'Kar峁嘺bh膩ra'
as suggested by us. The word Anka in 'Kavac膩nka'
possibly stands for the Uts峁泂tik膩nka tpye of r奴paka and
it is well known that the scribes read their own types of
dramas in the earlier plays.
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Title: The play speaks of Ghatotkaca as an envoy
(duta) carrying the message of Sr墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺 to the
Kauravas.
Plot: The stage-manager after the benedictory
stanza is disturbed by the sound of a soldier who is out
to inform Dh峁泃ar膩峁ａ弓ra of the ruthless murder of Abhimanyu
by the Kauravas, while Arjuna was engaged in fighting
with the Sam艣aptakas. Dh峁泃ar膩峁ａ弓ra protests against the
wickedness of Abhimanyu's death, and on hearing that
Jayadratha was the chief culprit, exclaims that Jayadratha
is now no more; Du岣ヅ沘l膩 weeps at it and prepares to
wear the widow's weeds. Dh峁泃ar膩stra tells G膩ndh膩r墨
to make ready to go to the sacred Ganges to offer
funeral oblations to their sons, who were sure to meet
their deaths at the hands of the Pandavas. Then enter
Duryodhana, Du岣ヅ浤乻ana and Sakuni overjoyed and
delighted at the death of Abhimanyu and their consequent
victory. In spite of the protests from Sakuni,
Duryodhana goes with Du岣ヅ浤乻ana to pay respects to
Dh峁泃arastra but the latter does not pronounce the usual
blessings. Asked the reason, Dh峁泃ar膩峁ａ弓ra states that it
is to give blessings to those who have left off
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all the hopes of their lives, have ruthlessly slaughtered a
child dearer than their lives to K峁涐梗峁嘺 and Arjuna, and
sarcastically speaks of the gift of widowhood by hundred
brothers to their only sister. He futher tells Duryodhana
of the valorous deeds of Arjuna, but Duryodhana tries to
argue the matter with his father, and a wordy war
proceeds when a thundrous noise is heard from the
enemies' camp, which later on proves to be the outburst
1 TSS, No. 22, p. 85 nl, The MS is named .