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TALES FROM THE HINDU DRAMATISTS - Awaken Video

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father of the damsel, to whose vengeance Pradyumna is about to fall a<br />

victim, when Krishna and Baladeva with their followers come to the<br />

rescue. A combat ensues in which Vajranabha is defeated and slain. The<br />

engagement is seen by two Gandherbas from their chariots in the air.<br />

VIDAGDHA MADHAVA.<br />

The loves of Krishna and Radha are intense. The two lovers often engage<br />

in jealous squabbles.<br />

Chandravali, a nymph of Vrindavan, is enamoured of Krishna and thus<br />

excites the jealousy of Radha.<br />

The Paurnamasi, the personified day of the full moon, interests herself<br />

in the union of Krishna and Radha.<br />

DHANANYAYA VIJAYA.<br />

The cattle of king Virat are carried off by Karna and the Kuru princes.<br />

Aryuna recovers them after a great battle. The different chiefs appear,<br />

threaten one another and praise themselves.<br />

Indra and some of his attendants contemplate the fight from the clouds.<br />

HASYARNAVA.<br />

The king Anasayindhu, in his progress through his city, regrets to find<br />

everything subverted: that Chandals, not Brahmans, make shoes; that<br />

wives are chaste and husbands constant; and that respect is paid to the<br />

respectable, not to the vile; and that Vyadhisindhu, the doctor, cures<br />

the cholic by applying a heated needle to the palate, and perforates the<br />

pupils of the eyes in order to restore vision.<br />

Sadhhinsaka, the chief of police, reports with great satisfaction that<br />

the city is completely in the hands of thieves; the Commander-in-chief<br />

Ranajambuka, after putting on his armour, valiantly cuts a leech in two.<br />

Mahayatrika, the astrologer, in answer to a question of the time to take<br />

a journey, indicates hours and positions which proclaim approaching<br />

death.<br />

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