Dasarupaka (critical study)
by Anuru Ranjan Mishra | 2015 | 106,293 words
This page relates 鈥楤hasa鈥擳he author and the date of the play (Urubhanga)鈥� of the English study of the Dasarupaka of Dhananjaya: an important work on Hindu dramaturgy (Natya-shastra) from the tenth century dealing with the ten divisions of Sanskrit drama (nata), describing their technical aspects and essential dramaturgical principals. These ten types of drama are categorised based on the plot (vastu), hero (neta) and sentiment (rasa)
Part 1 - 叠丑腻蝉补鈥擳he author and the date of the play (弄rubha峁単a)
叠丑腻蝉补, the author of the 弄rubha峁単a, has not mentioned anything about himself, in his plays.
A. D. Pusalkar (1940, 叠丑腻蝉补 A Study, pp.68, 105) states that:
鈥湹竽宀醪� is a gotra, in Haimodaka division of Agastyagotra and 叠丑腻蝉补 is a corrupt form. He was an orthodox Brahmin, follower of the caste system and jealous worshipper of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and a firm believer in the practice, utility and efficacy of sacrifices etc. His descriptions of various matters in his works are the evidences that prove the fact that he was a Brahmin from the northern part of India.鈥�
Again tentatively, the date of 叠丑腻蝉补 can be fixed as fourth century B.C., because he has mentioned that the author of 础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补 is 叠峁沨补蝉辫补迟颈 and not 碍补耻峁璱濒测补, which places him before Mauryan period. Even the Buddhism and the Jainism do not seem to have obtained a sway over the public when these plays were written. It might be so because the Br膩hma峁噄cal system, glorification of sacrifices and hate towards Buddhist and Jain were still prevalent. Thus, the most considerable date of 叠丑腻蝉补 is 4th century B.C. He was referred to by the poets like 碍腻濒颈诲腻蝉补, Bhoja, 艢膩rad膩tanaya, Abhinava, 叠腻峁嘺, 顿补峁囜笉颈, 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补.