Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s2.41

Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s2.41

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c11.s2.41

¹ The contrivance of a play within a play is not new, having been already employed by Bhavabhūti, Harṣa and Rājaśekhara. The sudden interruption, as in Hamlet, is a part of the device, and is represented as being brought on by its vivid realism.

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Bālarāmāyaṇa — Rājaśekhara, Sanskrit
Priyadarśikā — Śrīharṣa, Sanskrit