A History of Sanskrit Literature c16.69

c16.69

BHAṬṬA NĀRĀYAṆA'S *Veṇīsaṃhāra*, or "Binding of the braid of hair," is a play in six acts, deriving its plot from the *Mahābhārata*. Its action turns on the incident of Draupadī being dragged by the hair of her head into the assembly by one of the brothers of Duryodhana. Its age is known from its author having been the grantee of a copperplate dated 840 A.D. Though not conspicuous for poetic merit, it has long been a great favourite in India owing to its express partiality for the cult of Kṛishṇa.