The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c17.s3.5

c17.s3.5

Kṛṣṇamiśra’s example has caused the production of numerous dramas of the same type, but of much less value. The *Saṃkalpasūryodaya*¹ of Veṅkaṭanātha of the fourteenth century is excessively dreary, but it is better than the famous *Caitanyacandrodaya*² of Kavikarṇapūra, which is an account of Caitanya’s success, but which wholly fails to convey any suggestion of his spiritual power. He turns out as a long-winded discourser of a muddled theology, surrounded by obedient and unintelligent pupils. Two Çaiva dramas are the *Vidyāpariṇayana*³ and *Jīvānandana*⁴ written at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century. They have no merits.