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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kiya apologetically remarks: 啶啶班じ啷�啶︵い啷� 啶す啶距じ啷囙え啶� 啷� 啶掂啶︵啶о啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啶�
啶栢げ啷嵿さ啶灌ぎ啷� 啷� 啶� 啶す啶距じ啷囙え啶膏ぎ啷�啶啶洁え啷冟い啶き啶苦す啶苦い啶啶班啶掂ぎ啷� 啷�
[pras墨datu mah膩sena岣� | v峁沝dho'smi br膩hma峁嘺岣�
khalvaham | na mah膩senasam墨pe'n峁泃amabhihitap奴rvam |
] So, in the Bal (p. 27) when Kamsa doubts the
news of the birth of a son to Devaki brought by the
K膩帽cuk墨ya, the latter says 啶す啶距ぐ啶距 [尘补丑腻谤腻箩补 ] ! 啶呧え啷冟い啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶た啶灌た啶むお啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ 啶く啶� 啷�
[an峁泃a峁� n膩bhihitap奴rva may膩 |
] The same remarks are found in the Abh (p. 63) and
Panc (p. 65).
v. Dasaratha, V盲lin, Duryodhana, in their vision
that they have at the time of their death, have the same
experience, and the incidents are similarly worded. Cf.
Prat (p. 51); Abli (p. 16); Uru (p. 114).
The consideration of similar dramatic situations
naturally brings us to the study of
6. DRAMATIC SCENES.
In the Pratij帽膩 (Act II) a scene is described in which
the powerful Mah膩sena is depicted as worrying over the
question of the selection of a suitable match for his daughter,
and consulting the queen in the matter. It is quite a
domestic scene which is disturbed by the entry of a
chamberlain with some news. Act I of the Avi presents
a similar scene. The powerful king like another Mah膩sena
boasts of having vanquished powerful enemies but still
he feels no pleasure as he is worried in the matter of
choosing a suitable husband for his daughter. He sends
for the queen and speaks over the matter to her. It is
also a domestic scene which comes to an end by the entry
of a chamberlain.
These two scenes are in their essence quite identical.
The scene in the Pratij帽膩 is an amplified version of that
in the Avi; so the Avi, was written first. Prof. Jahagirdar
assigns the two plays to different ages but the difference
in treatment is explicable on the ground of the plays being
the products of different periods in the poet's career. None
can expect a mechanical uniformity in all the works of an
author. Both plays display the same workmanship."
The opening scene in the third Act of the Bal is
similar to that of the second Act of the Pa帽c. Both paint
the pastoral life. In the Pa帽c, the cattle are to be gathered
for a ceremony and an old herdsman calls out to others
Sarup, Vision, Intr, p. 30.
IA, 1981, p. 44.
