The History of Indian Literature c9.74.4

c9.74.4

One very special peculiarity of the Hindú drama is that women, and persons of inferior rank, station, or caste, are introduced as speaking, not in Sanskrit, but in the popular dialects. This feature is of great importance ²¹⁵ for the criticism of the individual pieces; the conclusions resulting from it have already been adverted to in the course of the discussion.