Annadatri-carita (study)
by Sarannya V. | 2020 | 34,082 words
This study analyzes the Annadatri-Carita: an epic poem connected with a regional history written by Prof. K Balarama Panicker. The plot of the drama is based on a Sangam period myth connected with the epic Mahabharata. The author introduces Utiyan Ceralatan as Vancishvara, an ancestor of the last Travancore ruler named Chithira Thirunal Balarama Va...
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5. Vishkambha (brief description of story)
In Natyashastra Bharata described the form of Vishkambha as given below:
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The Arthopakshepaka with the features like 鈥�Madhyama鈥�characters, medium is in Sanskrit, a brief description of story likes praveshaka is called Vishkambha. It is of two types Shuddha (Madhyamapatras) and Sankirna (both Nica and Madhyama characters).
According to Dasharupaka
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The explanatory scene which is presented by middling characters and is for the purpose of condensing, explains parts of the story that have happened or are about to happen.[3]
And in Sahityadarpana鈥�
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As per the above mentioned rules of dramaturgy, the author fabricated the Vishkambha of Annadatricarita in the starting of the fourth act. This is a Sankirnavishkambha because it is performed by both nica and madhyama characters. Three soldiers, two army chiefs, Shakuni, Duryodhana and Karna are the characters appears in it.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Narayanapisharody K.P., 狈补迟测补蝉补蝉迟丑谤补尘鈥揑滨 (Malayalam Tr.), (Thrissur: Kerala SahityaAkademi, December 2014), 17.
[2]:
C.O. George HAS, A.M., Dasharupa, Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy by Dhanamjaya (New York: Columbia University press, 1912), 32.
[3]:
Ibid., 34.