A Panorama of Theatre in IndiaPopular Prakashan [for] Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 1968 - 132 pages |
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... Kalidasa If The Vision of Vasavadatta may be considered an ideal metaphysical play , Shakuntala , the work of Kalidasa , the greatest of the Sanskrit dramatists , is the ideal poetic play . In it almost every aspect of the poetics of ...
... Kalidasa If The Vision of Vasavadatta may be considered an ideal metaphysical play , Shakuntala , the work of Kalidasa , the greatest of the Sanskrit dramatists , is the ideal poetic play . In it almost every aspect of the poetics of ...
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... Kalidasa as belonging to so early an epoch would throw historical perspective with other known dramatists out of gear . Only three of Kalidasa's plays are available to us - there is no evidence that he wrote any other - Malavikagnimitra ...
... Kalidasa as belonging to so early an epoch would throw historical perspective with other known dramatists out of gear . Only three of Kalidasa's plays are available to us - there is no evidence that he wrote any other - Malavikagnimitra ...
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... Kalidasa's Sanskrit play . In this dance - drama she incorporated the four main classical dance styles . Not the least contribution Menaka made was to emphasise the totality of pre- sentation as a spectacle with the most elegant ...
... Kalidasa's Sanskrit play . In this dance - drama she incorporated the four main classical dance styles . Not the least contribution Menaka made was to emphasise the totality of pre- sentation as a spectacle with the most elegant ...
Contents
THE DIVINE CAUSE | 1 |
ANCIENT INDIAN THEATRE | 7 |
SANSKRIT PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS | 21 |
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