A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.15
A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.15
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c19.s1.15
A second Kulaśekhara from Kerala (935-55) wrote two dramas—*Tapatīsaṃvaraṇa* and *Subhadrādhanañjaya*—which dramatized minor incidents from the *Mahābhārata* in a very stage-worthy form. Kulaśekhara was also the author of a prose work *Āścarya-mañjarī* cited in a Bengali commentary (A.D. 1159) on the *Amarakośa*. In his time according to tradition there was a reform in the mode of staging Sanskrit dramas by the Chākkiyārs; they are professional actors, who appear to have been a survival in Kerala of the older institution of *sūtas* who recited the Purāṇas to popular audiences. The repertoire of the Chākkiyārs included the *Mattavilāsa*, *Bhagavadajjuka* and *Kalyāṇasaugandhika*, among others.
Linked texts (6)
- Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod) — Classical Tibetan
- Mattavilāsaprahasana — Mahendravarman I, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Tapatīsaṃvaraṇa — Kulaśekharavarman, Sanskrit
- Subhadrādhanañjaya — Kulaśekharavarman, Sanskrit
- Kalyāṇasaugandhika — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit