The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c3: Contents

The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c3

Language: English

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PART I. THE ORIGIN OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA PAGE I. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Literature.
1. The Indian Tradition of the Origin of the Drama 12
2. The Dialogues of the Veda . . . 13
3. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Ritual . . 23 II. Post-Vedic Literature and the Origin of the Drama.
1. The Epics . . . . . . 28
2. The Grammarians . . . . 31
3. Religion and the Drama . . . 36
4. Theories of the Secular Origin of the Drama . 49
5. Greek Influence on the Sanskrit Drama . . 57
6. The Çakas and the Sanskrit Drama . . 69
7. The Evidence of the Prākṛits . . . 72
8. The Literary Antecedents of the Drama . . 75

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PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA III. Açvaghoṣa and the Buddhist Drama.
1. The Çāriputraprakaraṇa . . . . 80
2. The Allegorical and the Hetaera Dramas . . 83
3. The Language of the Dramas . . . 85
4. The Metres . . . . . 89 IV. Bhāsa.
1. The Authenticity of Bhāsa's Dramas . . 91
2. The Date of Bhāsa's Dramas . . . 93
3. The Dramas and their Sources . . . 95
4. Bhāsa's Art and Technique . . . 105
5. Bhāsa's Style . . . . . 114
6. The Language of the Plays . . . 120
7. The Metres of the Dramas . . . 123

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V. The Precursors of Kālidāsa and Çūdraka.
1. The Precursors of Kālidāsa . . . . 127
2. The Authorship and Age of the Mṛcchakaṭikā . 128
3. The Mṛcchakaṭikā . . . . . 131
4. The Prākṛits . . . . . 140
5. The Metres . . . . . 142

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VI. Kālidāsa.
1. The Date of Kālidāsa . . . . 143
2. The Three Dramas of Kālidāsa . . . 147
3. Kālidāsa's Dramatic Art . . . . 155
4. The Style . . . . . 160
5. The Language and the Metres . . . 166

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VII. Candra, Harṣa, and Mahendravikramavarman.
1. Candra or Candraka . . . . 168
2. The Authorship of the Dramas ascribed to Harṣa 170
3. The Three Dramas . . . . 171
4. Harṣa's Art and Style . . . . 175
5. The Language and the Metres of Harṣa's Dramas 181
6. Mahendravikramavarman . . . . 182

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VIII. Bhavabhūti.
1. The Date of Bhavabhūti . . . . 186
2. The Three Plays . . . . 187
3. Bhavabhūti's Dramatic Art and Style . . 192
4. The Language and the Metres . . . 203

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IX. Viçākhadatta and Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa.
1. The Date of Viçākhadatta . . . . 204
2. The Mudrārākṣasa . . . . 205
3. The Language and the Metres of the Mudrārākṣasa 211
4. The Date of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa . . . 212
5. The Veṇīsaṃhāra . . . . 212
6. The Language and the Metres of the Veṇīsaṃhāra 219

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X. Murāri, Rājaçekhara, their Predecessors and Successors.
1. The Predecessors of Murāri . . . 220
2. Murāri . . . . . 225
3. The Anargharāghava . . . . 226
4. The Date of Rājaçekhara . . . . 231
5. The Dramas of Rājaçekhara . . . 232

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XI. The Decline of the Sanskrit Drama.
1. The Decadence of the Drama . . . 242
2. The Nāṭaka . . . . . . 244
3. The Allegorical Nāṭaka . . . . 251
4. The Nāṭikā and the Saṭṭaka . . . 256
5. The Prakaraṇa . . . . . . 257
6. The Prahasana and the Bhāṇa . . . 260
7. Minor Dramatic Types . . . . 264
8. The Shadow Play . . . . . 269
9. Dramas of Irregular Type . . . . 270

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XII. The Characteristics and Achievement of the Sanskrit Drama . . . . . . 276

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PART III. DRAMATIC THEORY

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XIII. The Theory of the Dramatic Art.
1. The Treatises on Dramatic Art . . . 290
2. The Nature and the Types of the Drama . 295
3. The Subject Matter and the Plot . . 296
4. The Characters . . . . . . 305
5. The Sentiments . . . . . . 314
6. The Dramatic Styles and Languages . . 326
7. The Dance, Song, and Music . . . 338
8. The Preliminaries and the Prologue . . 339
9. The Types of Drama . . . . . 345
10. The Influence of Theory on Practice . . 352
11. Aristotle and the Indian Theory of Poetics . 355