Friday 25 August 2017

Dramatic skills of Bhasa - Part II



Moreover, we should know about the details of drama which is said in AiÉnydpR[m!  that  k{Qen AalMbyet! gIt< hStenaw¡ àdzRyet!,
                          c]u_ya¡ dzRyet! Éav< pada_ya< talmacret!.
 The song should be sustained by the throat, the ideas to be shown by the hands, the feelings by the eyes and the rhythm to be kept by the feet.
Here it is to be added that    ytae hStSttae †iò> ytae †iòSttae mn>,
                                   ytae mnSttae Éav> ytae ÉavSttae rs>.
Where the hand is there follows the eyes; where the eyes goes, there the mind follows; where the minds there, the Bhava and where Bhava the sentiment follows. 
Éas>  was a great and renowned Dramatist or play-write of Ancient India.  His plays were very popular even in the days of kaildas>, kaildas> has bestowed the high praise on  kaildas   thus  àiwtyzsa< ÉassaEimLlkivpuÇadIna< in his  malivkai¶imÇm!, É”ba[> praised  Éas>  thus  sUÇxark&tarMÉE> naqkEbRhuÉUimkE,
spatkEyRzae leÉe Éasae devkulEirv. in his h;Rcirtm!, The merit of the works of  Éas was highly appreciated by  rajzeor thus,
Éasnaqkc³e=iSmn! DekE> i]Pte prIi]tum!,
SvPnvasvdÄSy dahkae=ÉUÚ pavk>.
kivrajjydev>  appreciates  Éas  in his book àsÚra"vm!  thus   - Éasae has>
If the Kavya is personified as a lady, one can treat Éas as the smile of Kavya.   
Éas ‘s contemporarians are known by the phrase of kaildas as above mentioned. They were saEim‘k and kivpuÇ,  Éas> is the author of 13 plays
 which are traced by Mahamahopadhyaya T. Ganapati Sastri.  Moreover, he  published all these plays.  Among those 13 plays, SvßvasvdÄm! , àit}a-yaEgNxray[m!  and Aivmarkm!  are based on the themes of  b&hTkwa,
Éas> has composed two dramas àitmanaqkm!  and AiÉ;eknaqkm!  based on the story oframay[m!,  With the plot of mhaÉartm! ,   Éas has produced six dramas.  They are   dUtvaKym! ,dUt"qaeTkcm!  , mXymVyayaeg>k[RÉarm!  ^éɼm!   
and  pÂraÇm!,  Only one drama is based on the plot of  Éagvtm!  
is balcirÇm!.
Actually  speaking, being a stage-manager and play-write,  Éas> would 
have been composed many plays.  There is a dispute on the play 
y})lm!  among the scholars  to accept as well as to reject.

                                                                                              to be continued.,

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