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Malatimadhava (study)

by Jintu Moni Dutta | 2017 | 52,468 words | ISBN-10: 8120813057 | ISBN-13: 9788120813052

This page relates ‘Title of the Play� from the English study on the Malatimadhava of Bhavabhuti:—A Prakarana type of Drama in ten acts revolving around the love-story of Malati (from Padmāvatī) and Madhava (from Vidarbha). This study discusses the history of its author and the literary, social, religious, historical and cultural aspects of the Malatimadhava.

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Part 2b - The Title of the Play

The title of the ʰ첹ṇa ī󲹱 itself discloses that 󲹱ūپ strictly followed the tradition of Indian dramaturgy in choosing the title of his ʰ첹ṇa. Regarding the title of ʰ첹ṇa, վśٳ 첹Ჹ opines that the title of a ʰ첹ṇa should be coined after the name of the hero or heroine[1] . 󲹱ūپ has given the title of this ʰ첹ṇa after the name of heroine i.e. ī and the hero i.e. 󲹱, the principal characters of this ʰ첹ṇa.

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[1]:

nāyakākhyānāt saṅjñā prakaraṇādiṣu /
Ibid.,VI.143

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