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Arts May 10, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Bhāsa (Part 2)

The original work of Bṛhatkathā is not available today. However, we can infer its structure and content based on the Kathā-saritsāgara. The main storyline relat...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts May 03, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Bhāsa (Part 1)

  In about 1910, when Mahāmahopādhyāya T. Ganapati Shastri was travelling to procure books in the southern regions of Travancore, he happened to lay his h...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Apr 26, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - The Upa-rūpakas (Part 2)

11. Saṃlāpaka – A saṃlāpaka has either three or four acts and the nāyaka is a pāṣaṇḍa[1], i.e., a heretic. The play evokes all rasas except for śṛṅgāra and karu...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Apr 22, 2024

दत्तपदा / दत्तपदी - 2

प्रकाराः दत्तपदीयं द्विप्रकारा सुकरा दुष्करा चेति । एतौ प्रकारौ सुयोज्या दुर्ज्योज्या चेत्यपि शक्यौ वक्तुम् । असौ तावदत्राभिप्रायः । सुकरदत्तपदी - यदि दत्तानि...

Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya

Arts Apr 22, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - The Upa-rūpakas (Part 1)

Upa-rūpakas The Sāhitya-darpaṇa defines eighteen uparūpakas namely, nāṭikā, troṭaka, goṣṭhī, saṭṭaka, nāṭya-rāsaka, prasthāna, ullāpya, kāvya, preṅkhaṇa, rāsak...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Apr 19, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - The Daśa-rūpakas (Part 2)

Ḍima – A ḍima is based on prakhyāta-vastu, i.e., a popular story. It is filled with supernatural and magical elements; eclipses and wars also come as a part of...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Apr 12, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - The Daśa-rūpakas

Nāṭaka, prakaraṇa, bhāṇa, prahasana, ḍima, vyāyoga, samavakāra, vīthi, aṅka, and īhāmṛga – these constitute the ten rūpakas, i.e., the ten different genres of S...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Apr 08, 2024

दत्तपदा / दत्तपदी - 1

अथाधिक्रियते दत्तपदाख्यः[1] प्रकारः । अयमपि पद्यप्रकारोऽवधानप्रपञ्चे चिरात् समास्थितः सम्मानितश्च । एष पुनरस्य संक्षिप्तः परिचयः । इह प्रष्टा पद्यरचनार्थं वस्तु...

Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya

Arts Apr 05, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Chandas; Theatre Design

Language The Sanskrit theatre employed several kinds of prākṛtas (Prakrits) in addition to saṃskṛta (Sanskrit); this is a special feature of the Sanskrit dram...

A R Krishna Sastri, Arjun Bharadwaj | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Mar 28, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Its Heroines; Verse and Prose

Nāyikā The main heroine of the play is called the nāyikā; she, along with the nāyaka, plays the most important role in the drama. The nāyikās are of three ki...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Mar 21, 2024

Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - The Structual Aspects of a Play and its Heroes

Artha-prakṛtis Artha-prakṛtis capture the gradual development of the plot. The Nāṭyaśāstra identifies five stages of development, namely bīja (‘the seed’)...

A R Krishna Sastri, Arjun Bharadwaj | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Mar 18, 2024

समस्याख्यानम् - 4

समस्या – सञ्चुकोच कमलं दिनोदये कमलानां दिनोदये विकासो दिनान्ते सङ्कोचश्च लोकप्रसिद्धः । इह तद्विरुद्धमभिहितम् इत्यसङ्गतिः । परिहारः –    &n...

Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya