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Essay name: Bhasa (critical and historical study)

Author: A. D. Pusalker

This book studies Bhasa, the author of thirteen plays ascribed found in the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. These works largely adhere to the rules of traditional Indian theatrics known as Natya-Shastra.

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Adbhuta, Raudra and Karuna Rasas. Bhāsa serves
as a good instance to show the futility of the impression
of some, that a dramatic piece does not appear at its
best unless Srigara plays a prominent part in it. Only
two dramas of Bhāsa have that sentiment to some degree,
viz. the Svapna and Avi, but there also the poet does not
leave proper bounds.
bounds.
It is love of the highest kind.
ones.
is
As for the different figures of speech, Bhāsa
content only with the simple
He employs only
Upamā, Utpreksā, Rupaka, Arthāntaranyāsa, Anumāna
It is not necessary to give examples, generally each
verse exemplifying one or the other of the above
ṃk.³
etc.
Kālidāsa takes ideas from Bhāsa, and at times, the
figures also, but he presents them in quite a different garb
owing to his superior genius. The greatness of Bhāsa
in the domain of alaṃkāra is attested thus by Kālidāsa
who, in imitating our poet shows "his practical
appreciation of the merits of the dramatist with whose
established fame his nascent genius had to "
iv. DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE etc.
"
Bhāsa being a close observer of nature, his descriptions
are interesting and realistic. He gives diverse details and
various facts connected with the phenomenon he wishes
to describe. Thus, e. g., sunset is pictured in all its
details in the Svapna, I. 16;
खग� वासोपेता� सलिलमवगाढो मुनिजन�
प्रदीप्तोऽग्निर्भात� प्रविचरत� धूमो मुनिवनम् �
परिभ्रष्टो दूराद् रविरपि � संक्षिप्तकिरणो
रथ� व्यात्यस� प्रविशति शनैरस्तशिखरम� ||
[khagā vāsopetā� salilamavagāḍho munijana�
pradīpto'gnirbhāti pravicarati dhūmo munivanam |
paribhraṣṭo dūrād ravirapi ca saṃkṣiptakiraṇo
ratha� vyātyasau praviśati śanairastaśikharam ||
]
1 Anticipating some objections to the inclusion of Vatsala as a sentiment,
the following quotation from the Sahityadarpana III. 251-254 is given.
स्फुटं चमत्कारितय� वत्सलं � रस� विदु� �
स्थायी वत्सलत� स्नेहः पुत्राद्यालम्बनं मतम् �
उद्दीपनान� तच्चेष्ट� विद्याशौर्यदयादय� �
आलिङ्गनाङ्गसंस्पर्शशिरश्चुम्बनमीक्षणम् [sphuṭa� camatkāritayā vatsala� ca rasa� vidu� |
sthāyī vatsalatā sneha� putrādyālambana� matam ||
uddīpanāni tacceṣṭā vidyāśauryadayādaya� |
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]
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पुलकानन्दवाष्पाच� अनुभावाः प्रकीर्तिता� �
सन्चारिणोऽनिष्टशङ्का हर्षगवदय� मताः [pulakānandavāṣpācā anubhāvā� prakīrtitā� |
sancāriṇo'niṣṭaśaṅkā harṣagavadayo matā�
]
1
पद्मगर्भच्छविर्वर्णो दैवत� लोकमातरः �
[padmagarbhacchavirvarṇo daivata� lokamātara� |
]
2 In a subsequent chapter dealing with each play we have quoted some
verses as illustrating some figures. The subhāṣita as given in an appendix also serve
as instances of many alaṃkāras found in every one of the plays. 3 Keith, SD.
P. 120.

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