TALES FROM THE HINDU DRAMATISTS - Awaken Video

DHANANJAYA VIJAYA.
It is the composition of Kanchana Acharya, the son of Narayana, a
celebrated teacher of the _yoga_, of the race of Kapi Muni.
MRIGANKALEKHA.
The drama was composed by Viswanath, the son of Trimala Deva, originally
from the banks of the Godaveri, but residing at Benares, where it was
represented at the _yatra_, or festival, of Visweswara, the form under
which Siva is particularly worshipped in that city.
KAUTUKA SERVASWA.
This is a Prahasana or Farce, and is especially a satire upon princes
who addict themselves to idleness and sensuality, and fail to patronize
the Brahmans.
It was composed by a Pandit named Gopinath for representation at the
autumnal festival of the _Durga Puja_.
CHITRA YAJNA.
This heterogeneous composition is the work of a Pandit of Nadiya,
Vaidyanath Vachespati Bhattacharya, and was composed for the festival of
Govinda, by desire of Iswar Chandra, the Raja of Nadiya.
HASYARNAVA.
This comic play is a severe but grossly indelicate satire upon the
profligacy of Brahmans assuming the character of religious mendicants.
It satirizes also the encouragement given to vice by princes, the
inefficacy of ministers, and the ignorance of physicians and
astrologers.
It is the work of a Pandit named Jagaddisa, and was represented at the
vernal festival; but where, or when, it is not known.
RATNAVALI.
Although the personages are derived from Hindu history, they are wholly
of mortal mould, and unconnected with any mystical or mythological
legend; and the incidents are not only the pure inventions of the
dramatist, but they are of an entirely domestic nature.
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