The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c17.s7.5

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We have also a Vyāyoga by Viçvanātha, the *Saugandhikāharaṇa*,¹ of about A.D. 1316, which deals with Bhīma's visit to Kubera's lake to fetch water-lilies for Draupadī, his struggle first with Hanumant and then with the Yakṣas, and his final victory; the Pāṇḍavas meet at Kubera's home and Draupadī obtains her desired flowers. Of unknown date is the *Dhanaṃjayavijaya*² of Kāñcana Paṇḍita, son of Nārāyaṇa, which deals with the prowess of Arjuna in the defeat of Duryodhana and the Kauravas when they raid the cattle of Virāṭa, evidently a special favourite of the dramatic authors. The description of the contest in which Arjuna uses magic weapons is given by Indra and a couple of his celestial entourage; the play ends with the giving to Arjuna's son Uttarā, daughter of the king Virāṭa, in marriage. A manuscript of A.D. 1328 is extant of the *Bhīmavikramavyāyoga*³ of Mokṣāditya, while the *Nirbhayabhīma*⁴ of Rāmacandra belongs to the second half of the twelfth century A.D.