Great Sanskrit Plays, in New English Transcreations

Great Sanskrit Plays, in New English Transcreations PDF Author: P. Lal
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811200790
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Professor Lal has provided an introduction on the history and aesthetic theory of Sanskrit drama, individual prefaces for each play, a phonetic guide to the pronunciation of the Indian names, and a selective bibliography.

Great Sanskrit Plays, in New English Transcreations

Great Sanskrit Plays, in New English Transcreations PDF Author: P. Lal
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811200790
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Book Description
Professor Lal has provided an introduction on the history and aesthetic theory of Sanskrit drama, individual prefaces for each play, a phonetic guide to the pronunciation of the Indian names, and a selective bibliography.

Shakuntala Recognized

Shakuntala Recognized PDF Author:
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595139809
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Shakuntala Recognized is a translation of the Sanskrit play, Abhijyanashakuntalam, by the great poet and playwright Kalidasa. As a poet of mellifluous charm and as a master of Simile, he indulged in Sringara Rasa (Eros)—the sensuous aspects of human condition. This play is perhaps his most powerful expression of that sensuality. Extolled by Goethe, and German Romanticists and others, the play uniquely weaves a magical fabric of life with the threads of human frailties and tragedies. The plot for this play is based on a tale in the Indian epic Mahaabhaarata. The tale depicts how India came to be called Bharatavarsha or Bharat, a name that is still official in the Indian languages.

Great Sanskrit Plays in Modern Translation

Great Sanskrit Plays in Modern Translation PDF Author: P. Lal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780811241717
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Shakuntala

Shakuntala PDF Author: Ashok Sinha
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462879349
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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This book is an English translation of the Sanskrit classic Play Abhijnan Shakuntalam by the great poet and Playwright Mahakavi Kalidas, written around 220 CE. The play is about the strange fate of Shakuntala, a simple, beautiful ascetic lady. King Dushyant meets her and falls in love with her. They get married. After some time, king Dushyant returns to his capital, assuring her that he would soon send for her. However, due to the curse by a wrathful sage, Durvasa, the king completely forgets about her. Humiliated, Shakuntala goes off into the forest to live by herself. In due course, she gives birth to a boy, whom she names Bharat. Fortuitously, following certain turns of events, Durvasas curse is removed, and the king remembers all about Shakuntala. He tries to find her, but of no avail. One day, he accidentally meets the young boy, Bharat, in the forest. The family is thus united and happily returns to the capital. Bharat grows up to become a great emperor. The original name of India is Bhaarat after his name. Rama, worshipped by Hindus all over the world as an Incarnation of God, was a descendent (some 6000-7000 years ago) of emperor Bharat.

Complete Plays of Bhāsa

Complete Plays of Bhāsa PDF Author: Bhāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit drama
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Complete plays of Bhāsa; Sanskrit text with English translation.

Thirteen Plays of Bhasa

Thirteen Plays of Bhasa PDF Author: A. C. Woolner
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120809084
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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This translation is of thirteen Sanskrit plays discovered in South India by the late Pandit Ganapati Sastri and edited by him in the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. It comprises the following titles: 1. Pratijnayaugandharayana, 2. Svapnavasavadatta, 3. Carudatta, 4. Pancaratra, 5. Madhyamavyayoga, 6.Pratima-nataka, 7.Dutavakya, 8.Dutaghatotkaca, 9.Karnabhara, 10.Urubhanga, 11.Avimaraka, 12.Balacarita, and 13.Abhiseka. Sastri attributed all the thirteen plays to Bhasa and the prevailing opinion of the scholars is in agreement with him, though the available evidence is not conclusive and so the question still remains open. The translation was done by two eminent Sanskrit scholars. It was published s early as 1930 and a reprint is now issued in view of a persistent demand of scholars. Pandit Ganapati Sastri attributed all thirteen plays to Bhasa, a famous dramatist earlier than Kalidasa. Some verses are ascribed to Bhasa by medieval anthologies, but only ten with unanimity. We are told that he composed a Svapnavasavadattam (his best play) and that in another play the device of the wooden elephant was used. Characteristic features of his work are described by Bana, and other poets evidently held him in high estimation. One or two verses from his plays are quoted by writers on poetics. Otherwise, the text of BhasaÍs numerous plays had completely disappeared. The learned editor of the Trivandrum plays found that they contained a Svapnavasavadattam (the best play in the collection), and, in the Pratijna-Yaugandharayanam, a scene dealing with the wooden elephant. He noticed also certain peculiarities in the technique of the plays which he regarded as signs of antiquity. All these points confirmed the opinion that Bhasa was the author.

Theater of Memory

Theater of Memory PDF Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231058391
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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This volume offers comprehensive analyses and new translations of Kalidasa's three extant plays: "Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection," "Urvasi Won by Valor," and "Malavika and Agnimitra."

The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays

The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays PDF Author: Bhāsa
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143104308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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The Loom of Time

The Loom of Time PDF Author: Kalidasa
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141908025
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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Kalidasa is the major poet and dramatist of classical Sanskrit literature - a many-sided talent of extraordinary scope and exquisite language. His great poem, Meghadutam (The Cloud Messenger), tells of a divine being, punished for failing in his sacred duties with a years' separation from his beloved. A work of subtle emotional nuances, it is a haunting depiction of longing and separation. The play Sakuntala describes the troubled love between a Lady of Nature and King Duhsanta. This beautiful blend of romance and comedy, transports its audience into an enchanted world in which mortals mingle with gods. And Kalidasa's poem Rtusamharam (The Gathering of the Seasons) is an exuberant observation of the sheer variety of the natural world, as it teems with the energies of the great god Siva.

The Recognition of Shakœntala

The Recognition of Shakœntala PDF Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814788157
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 419

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A well-known Sanskrit drama presented here in a bilingual translation.