The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c17.s2.1

c17.s2.1

The Nāṭaka remains throughout the post-classical period of the drama the natural exponent of the higher form of the dramatic art. No change of importance appears in its character; it merely steadily develops those features which we have seen in full process of production in Murāri and Rājaśekhara, the subordination of action to description, and the degeneration of the description into a mere exercise in style and in the use of sounds.