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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a Samavak膩ra may be due to the difference between the
standard text on dramaturgy in Bhasa's time and those
composed later on; and hence it is better to take the
Pa帽c as a Samavak膩ra.
Sentiments etc. The main sentiment underlying
the whole play is Vira in its various aspects, such as
Dharmavira in Duryodhana, Dayavira in Drona and
Yuddhavira in all the characters. The scene in which
Abhimanyu figures along with Bhima and B峁沨annal膩 is
a good instance of Hasya and Vatsala with Vira in the
background. Many classical metres are used in this
play and there is a comparatively large number of
different figures of speech. At the beginning of the play,
the different particulars of the various aspects of the
sacrifice are brought out in beautiful similes and
metaphors. Aprastutaprasamsa is found in I. 23, 41, 53;
Arth膩ntaranyasa in II. 33; Virodh膩bh膩sa in II. 32 etc.
The style on the whole is s膩tvati (grand) and 膩rabha峁璱
(violent).
Critical remarks. The play has no real female
character; B峁沨annal膩 is merely Arjuna in disguise. The
elaborately worked out similes while describing the
sacrifice and the lengthy and tiresome description with
the minute details seem quite out of place at the present
day. But at the time when these plays were written i. e.
in the pre-Mauryan epoch, when the newly started
Buddhism was making headway against the orthodox
Hinduism, the deliberate inclusion of the details of the
sacrificial paraphernalia in the drama, would certainly
not have failed to be appreciated by the spectators of
those days especially when sacrifices were actually
performed. The drama was probably written to be
staged at the occasion of some sacrifice and hence it
naturally glorifies the institution. A list of well-known
kings is appended, who though dead in body are said to
live only through the sacrifices performed hr.?
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ete sako艣膩岣� puru峁Ｄ佱弗 sar膩峁ａ弓r膩
] FET: 啶多ぐ啷�啶班啶� 啶曕啶班い啷佮き啶苦ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶班え啷嵿い啷�
( [艣ar墨rai岣� kratubhirdharante
(] I. 25):
We learn from this play much about the sociological
