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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be far from right in holding the Car as depicting the
events of the poet's time. This would put
This would put
the poet
somewhere in the 5th or 4th century B. C.
3. References to N膩gavana, Ve峁噓vana, R膩jag峁沨a
and P膩峁璦liputra, all of which rose into prominence after
Buddha's time, as also to Sakyasramanaka,
Nagn膩艣ramanik膩 etc. clearly show that the poet lived
after Buddha's time, i. e. 6th century B. C., and hence
Dr. G. Sastri's attempt to place him in pre-Buddhistic
times is not acceptable.'
4. In the Prat (page 99) various S膩stras (treatises).
are mentioned with the names of their respective authors:
啶膏ぞ啶權啶椸啶ぞ啶權啶椸 啶掂啶︵ぎ啶о啶, 啶ぞ啶ㄠさ啷�啶� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班, 啶ぞ啶灌啶多啶掂ぐ啶� 啶啶椸ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶�,
啶ぞ啶班啶灌じ啷嵿お啶む啶ぎ啶班啶ムざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶�, 啶啶оぞ啶むた啶ム啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶�, 啶啶班ぞ啶氞啶むじ啶� 啶多啶班ぞ啶︵啶о啶班啶 啶� 啷�
[s膩峁単op膩峁単a峁� vedamadh墨ye, m膩nav墨ya dharma艣膩stra峁�, m膩he艣vara峁� yoga艣膩stra峁�,
b膩rhaspatyamartha艣膩stra峁�, medh膩titheny膩ya艣膩stra峁�, pr膩cetasa峁� 艣r膩ddhakar奴pa峁� ca |
] We do not agree with Mr. Sankar in holding that
"the reference is not to specific treatises, but to the sciences
and their mythical founders, Manu etc."" That all these
treatises actually existed has been vouched for from
earliest times.
The Vedas with their sub-heads are
available even now and their composition is placed much
before eighth century B. C.
啶ぞ啶ㄠさ啷�啶 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班ぎ啷� [m膩nav墨ya峁� dharma艣膩stram ] M膩naviya Dharma艣膩stra is the original
of our Manusmrti. Though the latter may have been
composed according to some scholars in the second century
A. D., there is no doubt as to the prevalence of the former
since a very long time. Gautama, the oldest
Dharmas奴trak膩ra according to Dr. B眉hler, refers to Manu,
doubtless to Manaviya Dharma艣膩stra. Similarity between
a Buddhist canonical work and the extant Manusmrti led
Max M眉ller to think of the priority of Manu to the former
which is earlier than the third century B. C. Thus
Manaviyam Dharmasastram may be placed
centuries anterior to the sixth century B. C.
some
啶ぞ啶灌啶多啶掂ぐ啶� 啶啶椸ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶 [m膩he艣vara峁� yoga艣膩stram ] That the Yoga艣膩stra has first been
promulgated and practised by the great God Siva is quite
well known. Prof. D. R. Bhandarkar has proved the
existence of the Lakul墨艣a sect for at least two thousand
years and also that Lakul墨艣a was the last incarnation of
1 Critical Study, pp. 68-69. 2 Problem of Bhasa, AMV, 2, p. 42. 3
MaxM眉ller, SBE, X. Intr. Jolly, Recht und Sitte, pp. 5-6, places Gautama in the
fifth or sixth century B. C., and the Manaviya Dharmasastra is earlier, since
Gautama refers to it.
