भासनाटकचक्रम् (Plays Ascribed to Bhasa) /9

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<p lang="en">INTRODUCTION.
 
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<p lang="sa">The Bhasa Problem.
 
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<p lang="sa">Bhāsa, the worthy predecessor of Kālidāsa, was to us a

mere name until in the year 1912 the late Mahāmahopā-

dhyāya Ganapati Sastri claimed to have discovered

number of plays written by Bhāsa which were published by

him in the Trivandrum series. The number of these plays

ultimately came to thirteen. These fall into two broad

divisions the Epic-Pauranic and the legendary; the form-

er includes plays which are based upon the Mahābhārata,

the Rāmāyaṇa and the Viṣṇupurāṇa; while the latter

comprises plays that derive their plots from the Bṛhatkathā
and other popular legends.
 

and other popular legends.</p>
<p lang="sa">The following are the names of the plays thus classi-

fied:--
 
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<p lang="sa">1. Probably from the Bṛhatkathā--
 
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<p lang="sa">II. Rāmāyaṇa
 
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<p lang="sa">III. Mahabharata-
 
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<p lang="sa">1 Svapnavāsavadatta (Sv.)
 
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<p lang="sa">2 Pratijnayaugandharāyaṇa (Pry.)
 
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<p lang="sa">3 Avimāraka (Avi.)
 
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<p lang="sa">4 Cărudatta (Căr.)
 
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<p lang="sa">5 Pratimā (Prat.)
 
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<p lang="sa">6 Abhiseka (Abhi.)

7 Pañcharātra (Paña.)
 
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<p lang="sa">8 Dūtavākya (Dūta.)
 
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<p lang="sa">9 Madhyamavyāyoga (Madhya)
 
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<p lang="sa">10 Dūtaghatotkaca (Dgh.)
 
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<p lang="sa">11 Karṇabhāra (Karṇa.)
 
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<p lang="sa">12 Ürubhanga (Ü.)
 
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<p lang="sa">IV. Krisna legend- 13 Balacarita (B.)
 
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