The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c20.s10.7

c20.s10.7

The Nāṭaka, accordingly, remains the form of drama *par excellence*, a pre-eminence due to its comparative freedom from narrow restrictions as well as to the submissive spirit of the dramatists. The form serves very different purposes; it accommodates itself not only to the grace and charm of Kālidāsa, but to the unmeasured and irregular genius of Bhavabhūti; it permits the political drama of Viçākhadatta, as well as the philosophical disquisitions of Kṛṣṇamiçra and the devotional fervour of Kavi-karṇapūra's Caitanyacandrodaya.