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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iii. The prologue is called sthapana instead of
the usual classical term prast膩van膩. Only the Karna
employs the term prast膩van膩.
iv. These prologues are very brief (excepting that
in the Car) and are silent as to the name of the author
or the work. It is only towards the end of the play
that we come across the name of the work.
V. The form 啶忇さ啶ぞ啶班啶ぎ啶苦ざ啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷� 啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶く啶距ぎ啶� 啷� 啶呧く啷� 啶曕た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶栢げ啷� 啶く啶�
啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶え啶掂啶啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶多が啷嵿う 啶囙さ 啶多啶班啶い啷� 啷� 啶呧啷嵿 啶ざ啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶� 啷� [evam膩ryami艣r膩n vij帽膩pay膩mi | aye kinnu khalu mayi
vij帽膩panavyagre 艣abda iva 艣r奴yate | a峁単a pa艣y膩mi | ] is used in the sth膩pan膩 of
most of the plays. The Pratij帽膩, Car, Avi and Prat
use a different form.
vi. With slight variations the epilogues in nearly
all the plays are identical, using the verse
啶囙ぎ啶距 啶膏ぞ啶椸ぐ啶ぐ啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶� 啶灌た啶さ啶︵啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶啷佮ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧ぞ啶 啷�
啶す啷�啶啶曕ぞ啶むお啶む啶班ぞ啶權啶曕ぞ啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹じ啶苦啶灌 啶啶班ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠ 啷�
[im膩峁� s膩garaparyant膩峁� himavadvindhyaku峁囜笉al膩m |
mah墨mek膩tapatr膩峁卥膩峁� r膩jasi峁僪a岣� pra艣膩stu na岣� ||
] in one form or the other. The Car and Dgh have no
epilogues at all.
Close similarity in the above particulars leads one
to infer the common authorship of all the plays.
Next, we shall consider the
2. AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO
TECHNIQUE.
1. All the plays disregard the rules of the
Natya艣膩stra in bringing scenes on the stage which will
never occur in classical dramas."" Such are the (i)
deaths on stage of Dasaratha in the Prat (Act II), V膩lin
in the Abh (Act I) and Duryodhana in the Uru; (ii)
Slaughter of C膩n奴ra, Mustika and Ka峁僺a; and (iii) the
violent struggle between K峁涐梗峁嘺 and Arista ending in the
death of the demon in the Bal (Acts V and III); (iv)
Sport (Act II) and sleep (Act V) in the Svapna; (v)
calling aloud from a distance in the Pa帽c (Act II); (vi)
non-mention of the name of the author or the work in
the prologue; etc.2
Some words are used in a sense different from
that assigned to them by the Natya艣膩stra; e. g. in the
Svapna (p. 128) and Bal (p. 65), 'Aryaputra' is used as
a term of address from a servant.
Winternitz, Problems, p. 120. 2 Cf. Banerji Sastri, JBORS, 1923,
pp. 62-65; Macdonell, HSL, p. 348; Tatke, MS, 5, p. 105.
