The Sanskrit drama
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The appearance of Sylvain Levi's admirable treatise, 'Le theatre Indian' had necessitated a fresh investigation of the origin and development of the Indian drama on the basis of new materials. The present work is an attempt to throw light on the early history, origin and development of the drama in India. It covers original development as well as dramatic theory and practice.
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- THE SANSKRIT DRAMA in its Origin, Development Theory & Practice
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- PART I THE ORIGIN OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA
- I DRAMATIC ELEMENTS IN VEDIC LITERATURE
- 1. The Indian Tradition of the Origin of the Drama
- 2. The Dialogues of the Veda
- 3. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Ritual
- II POST-VEDIC LITERATURE AND THE ORIGIN OF THE DRAMA
- 1. The Epics
- 2. The Grammarians
- 3. Religion and the Drama
- 4. Theories of the Secular Origin of the Drama
- 5. Greek Influence on the Sanskrit Drama
- 6. The Çakas and the Sanskrit Drama
- 7. The Evidence of the Prākrits
- 8. The Literary Antecedents of the Drama
- PART II THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA
- III AÇVAGHOṢA AND THE BUDDHIST DRAMA
- 1. The Çāriputraprakaraṇa
- 2. The Allegorical and the Hetaera Dramas
- 3. The Language of the Dramas
- 4. The Metres
- IV BHĀSA
- 1. The Authenticity of Bhāsa’s Dramas
- 2. The Date of Bhāsa’s Dramas
- 3. The Dramas and their Sources
- 4. Bhāsa’s Art and Technique
- 5. Bhāsa’s Style
- 6. The Language of the Plays
- 7. The Metres of the Dramas
- 8. Bhāsa and Kālidāsa
- V THE PRECURSORS OF KĀLIDĀSA AND ÇŪDRAKA
- 1. The Precursors of Kālidāsa
- 2. The Authorship and Age of the Mṛcchakaṭikā
- 3. The Mṛcchakaṭikā
- 4. The Prākrits
- 5. The Metres
- VI KĀLIDĀSA
- 1. The Date of Kālidāsa
- 2. The Three Dramas of Kālidāsa
- 3. Kālidāsa’s Dramatic Art
- 4. The Style
- 5. The Language and the Metres
- VII CANDRA, HARṢA, AND MAHENDRAVIKRAMAVARMAN
- 1. Candra or Candraka
- 2. The Authorship of the Dramas ascribed to Harṣa
- 3. The Three Dramas
- 4. Harṣa’s Art and Style
- 5. The Language and the Metres of Harṣa’s Dramas
- 6. Mahendravikramavarman
- VIII BHAVABHŪTI
- 1. The Date of Bhavabhūti
- 2. The Three Plays
- 3. Bhavabhūti’s Dramatic Art and Style
- 4. The Language and the Metres
- IX VIÇĀKHADATTA AND BHAṬṬA NĀRĀYAṆA
- 1. The Date of Viçākhadatta
- 2. The Mudrārākṣasa
- 3. The Language and the Metres of the Mudrārākṣasa
- 4. The Date of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa
- 5. The Veṇīsaṁhāra
- 6. The Language and the Metres of the Veṇīsaṁhāra.
- X MURĀRI, RĀJAÇEKHARA, THEIR PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS
- 1. The Predecessors of Murāri
- 2. Murāri
- 3. The Anargharāghava
- 4. The Date of Rājaçekhara
- 5. The Dramas of Rājaçekhara
- 6. Bhīmaṭa and Kṣemīçvara
- XI THE DECLINE OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA
- 1. The Decadence of the Drama
- 2. The Nāṭaka
- 3. The Allegorical Nāṭaka
- 4. The Nāṭikā and the Saṭṭaka
- 5. The Prakaraṇa
- 6. The Prahasana and the Bhāṇa
- 7. Minor Dramatic Types
- 8. The Shadow Play
- 9. Dramas of Irregular Type
- XII THE CHARACTERISTICS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA
- III DRAMATIC THEORY
- XIII THE THEORY OF THE DRAMATIC ART
- 1. The Treatises on Dramatic Art
- 2. The Nature and the Types of the Drama
- 3. The Subject-Matter and the Plot
- 4. The Characters
- 5. The Sentiments
- 6. The Dramatic Styles and Languages
- 7. The Dance, Song, and Music
- 8. The Preliminaries and the Prologue
- 9. The Types of Drama
- 10. The Influence of Theory on Practice
- 11. Aristotle and the Indian Theory of Poetics
- IV DRAMATIC PRACTICE
- XIV THE INDIAN THEATRE
- 1. The Theatre
- 2. The Actors
- 3. The Mise-en-scène and Representation of the Drama
- 4. The Audience
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