The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c7.s8.8
The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c7.s8.8
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² Such a drama as the Haragaurīvivāha of Jagajjyotirmalla of Nepal (A.D. 1617-33), which is really a sort of opera with the verses, written in dialect, as the only fixed element (Lévi, Le Népal, i. 242) is of no cogency for the early drama. The Maithilī beginnings of drama, based on the classical, give song in dialect, dialogue in Sanskrit and Prākrit (Lévi, TI. i. 393).