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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. about the destruction of the pleasure-garden and the death of Ak峁 is broached with similar preliminaries. Cf. also, the Prat, Act VI (p. 111) where the news is about the re- turn of Sumantra. The second form alone, viz. 啶ㄠた啶掂啶︵啶い啶距 啶ㄠた啶掂啶︵啶い啶距 啶す啶距ぐ啶距啶距く [nivedyat膩峁� nivedyat膩峁� mah膩r膩j膩ya ] etc. to deliver the news is found in the following places: Pa帽c, Act II (p. 52); Karna (p. 72); Dgh (p. 50). 7. A character knows what passes in another's mind from the face of the latter. Cf. 啶む啶掂 啶曕た啶� 啶掂た 啶掂い啷嵿い啷佮啶距ぎ啶� 啶掂た啶� 啷� [tuva峁� ki峁� vi vattuk膩m膩 via | ] f fa (Prat, p. 13) ; 啶啶班い啶苦さ啶氞え啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶苦え啷�啶た啶� 啶む啶掂ぞ啶� 啶ざ啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶� 啷� ( [prativacan膩rthin墨miva tv膩峁� pa艣y膩mi | ( ] Prat, p. 95 ) ; 啶ㄠい啷� 啶曕た啶傕啶苦す啷嵿え啶曕啶む啶曕ぞ啶ぞ啶膏た 啷� ( [natu ki峁僣ihnaktuk膩m膩si | ( ] Avi, p. 1) ; 啶膏啶椸啶班啶� [蝉耻驳谤墨惫补 ] ! 啶掂啷嵿い啷佮啶距ぎ啶た啶む啶� 啶む啶掂ぞ啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啶 ( [vaktuk膩mamitra tv膩峁� lak峁ye (] Ab72, p. 50 ) ; 啶掂啷嵿い啷佮啶距ぎ啶た啶� 啶む啶掂ぞ啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啶 啷� ( [vaktuk膩mamiva tv膩峁� lak峁ye | (] Pratijna, p. 25) ; 啶た啶啶粪ぃ [产颈产丑墨峁峁嘺 ] ! 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂た啶椸ぃ 啶た啶む啶� ( [nirviga峁嘺 mitra (] Abh, p. 40). The similarities that we have noticed above in disregarding the rules of Bharata's N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra and in the recurrence of certain dramatic devices and situa- tions could not have been mere accidents. They certainly show the working of the same hand. 3. COMMUNITY OF IDEAS 66 found in all the plays of the group also strengthens
the case of common authorship. "A particular author
takes fancy to a particular idea and cannot help repeating
the same in more than one place"; and hence the same
idea expressed in identical words leaves no question as to
the unity of authorship. Some of the striking instances
are given below.
2. Our poet is very fond of the idea that natural
arm is the most appropriate weapon for the brave. This
is found in the Bal, Mv, Pa帽c and Avi.2
ii. N膩rada is described as an expert at lute and
fond of instigating quarrels. Cf. Avi, VI, II
啶椸ぃ啶距え啷嵿啶侧す啶距啶多啶� 啶侧啶曕 啷� [ga峁嚹乶kalah膩峁兣沜a loke | ] with B膩l, I. 4. 啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷�啶多啶� 啶掂啶班ぞ啶｀た 啶� 啶樴啷嵿啶ぞ啶た 啷�
[tantr墨艣ca vair膩峁噄 ca gha峁弓ay膩mi |
] a
iii. Dh峁泃ar膩峁ａ弓ra is described as being created blind
owing to the jealousy of gods, as the latter were afraid he
would trouble the heavens. Cf. Uru, 36 (p. 100) with Dgh,
35 (p. 64).鲁
1 Sarup, Vision, intr, p. 15. See pp. 15-16 for instances from
Oscar Wilde. 2 B膩l, III. 11. 啶ぞ啶灌 啶ぎ啷囙い啷�, 啶啶班す啶班ぃ啶�... ( [b膩h奴 mametau, prahara峁嘺峁�... (] p, 45 ). Mo, 42. 啶ぞ啶灌啶班ぞ啶啶о 啶膏う啷冟ざ啶�
啶ぎ ( [b膩hur膩yudha峁� sad峁浥沘峁�
mama (] p. 32) ; Pa帽e, II. 55. 啶膏す啶溹 啶 啶啶班す啶班ぃ啶� 啶啶溹 ( [sahajau me prahara峁嘺峁� bhujau (] p. 88), Avi, II. 11. 啶掂く啶お啶� 啶�
啶啶溹ぞ啶啶оお啷嵿ぐ啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� ( [vayamapi ca
bhuj膩yudhapradh膩n膩岣� (] p. 31 ). 3
Devdhar, Plays etc, p. 7.
