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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and so is darkness with all its effects in the Bal, I. 16;
III. 19 etc.
Bh膩sa paints nature as sympathizing with the
feelings of the person that observes it.
Avim膩raka, who, being disappointed in love and
desperate at the idea of not meeting his beloved again,
finds the earth emaciated, the trees consumptive,
mountains bewailing and the whole world swooning as it
were. Cf. Avi, IV. 4:
啶侧啶曕啶洁く啶� 啶班さ啶苦お啶距啶ㄠし啷嵿啶灌啶︵く啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶むた 啶啶班啶氞啶涏ぞ啶た啶� 啷�
[loko'ya峁� ravip膩kana峁ａ弓ah峁沝aya岣� sa峁儁膩ti m奴rcch膩miva |
] The hot sand troubled him, the heat of the sun.
made him perspire and the whole earth seemed to him as
if it were a whole boiling mass. Cf. Avi, IV. 5:
啶多啶班ぞ啶︵た啶む啶お啶距啶氞げ啶苦い啶� 啶げ啶む啶� 啶侧啶曕 啷�
[艣r膩dityap膩kacalita岣� phalat墨va loka岣� |
] Earlier, when Avim膩raka was in optimistic moods,
thinking about the variety of human nature, he found the
earth also putting on a different garb at night fall. Cf.
Avi, II. 13:
啶掂啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶� 啶班啶い啷�啶� 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶侧啶曕 啷�
[ve峁Ｄ乶tara峁� racayat墨va manu峁aloka岣� |
] The whole stanza beautifully describes the approach of
night.
A Vidyadhara couple was viewing the same earth
at the same time when it appeared to be swooning and
boiling to Avim膩raka. They observed it from above and
as they were in a joyous mood, the earth presented quite
a different aspect to them. Cf. Avi, IV. 11:
啶多啶侧啶ㄠ啶︵啶班ぞ啶� 啶曕げ啶啶ぎ啶� 啶溹げ啶оく啶� 啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ啶む啶距啷嬥お啶ぞ
啶掂啶曕啶粪ぞ啶� 啶多啶掂げ啶膏え啷嵿え啶苦き啶距 啶曕啶粪た啶むた啶むげ啶� 啶啶班啷嵿啶ㄠ啶ㄠえ啶苦ぎ啷嵿え啶膏啶ムげ啶 啷�
啶膏啶え啷嵿い啶� 啶囙さ 啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠ啶距 啶膏啶掂た啶啶侧ぞ啶� 啶膏啶оぞ啶多啶� 啶た啶ㄠ啶︵啶ぎ啶�
啶︵啶粪啶熰 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶た啶掂ぞ啶た啶ぞ啶むた 啶膏啶侧 啶膏啶曕啶粪た啶啶むぐ啷傕お啶� 啶溹啶む 啷�
[艣ailendr膩岣� kalabhopam膩 jaladhaya岣� kr墨岣嵞乼a峁乲opam膩
v峁沰峁Ｄ佱弗 艣aivalasannibh膩岣� k峁titala峁� pracchannanimnasthalam |
s墨mant膩 iva nimnag膩岣� suvipul膩岣� saudh膩艣ca bind奴pam膩
d峁涐梗峁璦峁� vakramiv膩bhibh膩ti sakala峁� sa峁僰峁ptar奴pa峁� jagat ||
] As they were high up in the air, everything appeared so
small that they thought that the world was as it were
epitomized. Cf. Avi, IV. 11 d: fa asd efaasi
and when the couple was coming down, the earth
appeared to them as if running with the encircling ocean.
Cf. Avi, 12 d:
啶呧き啶苦お啶むい啷�啶� 啶す啷� 啶膏ぎ啷佮う啷嵿ぐ啶啶︵啶班ぞ 啷�
[abhipatat墨va mah墨 samudramudr膩 |
] Later on, after meeting his beloved, the thundering
clouds, terrifying lightening and heavy showers of rain which
