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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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Vana where gold and gems are again brought in. It
appears that each house had an inner apartment and a
hall. There were also public baths and drinking houses.
and a fleet of ærial cars. The Pramadavana (royal
pleasure garden) had numerous big trees wrought in gold
and set with blue gems and also had a number of beautiful
spotless hillocks. Lankā had also a number of artificial
lakes containing water-animals, mountains with wonderful
rivulets and gold mines, and public and private gardens
with trees ever green and full of flowers and fruits. Trikūṭa
was one of the royal gardens among the Pramadavanas,
having a number of bees, and containing clusters of lotus
plants and numerous other trees. Aśokavanikā was
another pleasure garden, a special favourite of Her
Majesty Queen Mandodari, reared up with such a tender
care that no sprouts were ever plucked; nor were the young.
trees ever touched even by hands.
2 More realistic and typical of the average city of the
period is the description of Vairantya, the capital of
Kuntibhoja, given in the Avimāraka." The city had
palatial buildings in the market place with snow-white-
colours on both sides of the roads. The verandahs on the
ground floor were used as shops for selling country sugar,
honey and other commodities. The upper storeys were
the residential quarters where the fashionable city-bred
beaux and courtesans vied with each other in showing
themselves in their best attire, and they were to be seen
walking to and fro in the balconies of their respective
quarters with a view to see and to be seen. The courtesans
followed their trade in the business quarters of the city,
possibly in the centre of the town, but they had to reside
outside. The public gaming house was situated at a
prominent place in the city with its own gaming laws.
and regulations, paying some revenue out of the proceeds
to the state. There were also public squares in the cities
called nagaracatvaras where bulls dedicated to deities
roamed about freely after being sumptuously fed, and none
dared touch them. The city had also a public park
1 Abh, II. 4. 2 Avi, pp. 27-28. 3 Avi, p. 44, and III. �;
p. 29 � अलद्धभोभ� पाअडगणिय� वि� रत्त� परसद� सइदं आगच्छामि � [aladdhabhobhā pāaḍagaṇiyā vibha ratti parasado saida� āgacchāmi | ] Of Arthasāstra, p. 55
-रूपाजीवास्ताला पचार� वेश्याश्� दक्षिणां दिशामधिवसेयु� � [rūpājīvāstālā pacārā veśyāśca dakṣiṇāṃ diśāmadhivaseyu� | ] 4 Avi, p. 45� 'शृङ्गाटकस्था� विटसभा [śṛṅgāṭakasthā� viṭasabhā] '
5 Car, p. 10� चच्च� वुसह� वि�... रोमन्याअमाणो �
[caccara vusaho vibha... romanyāamāṇo |
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