The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c17.s3.16

c17.s3.16

The play is certainly not without merits; in the main it is written in simple Sanskrit, free from the artifices which disfigure more pretentious plays, and it has also the merit of bringing vividly before us the activities of Jainism in its regulation of Kumārapāla’s kingdom, casting an interesting light on what is known from inscriptions and other sources of the history of Gujarāt. The marriage of the king with Kṛpāsundarī is recorded by Jinamaṇḍana in his *Kumārapālaprabandha* as taking place in A. D. 1159. Interesting details are given of the forms of gambling, including chess, and of the sects which approve slaughter. The Prākṛits are, of course, deeply influenced by Hemacandra’s grammar, and include Māgadhī and Jain Māhārāṣṭrī.