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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Ny膩ya艣膩stra with Manubh膩峁a; even some of the
antagonists have taken Medh膩tithi to be Medh膩tithi
Gautama. Further, we do not find any instance of such
glaring anachronisms in Bh膩sa.
1 ii. As for the deification of R膩ma and K峁涐梗峁嘺, it
has not been conclusively shown that R膩ma and K峁涐梗峁嘺
were not regarded as manifestations of Vis峁噓 before the
first or the second century B. C. That K峁涐梗峁嘺 was
worshipped in the fourth century B. C. would be evident
from the fragments of the Indika of Megasthenes. The
deification must have been a slow process and we feel
certain that it was long before the 6th century B. C. that
K峁涐梗峁嘺 was deified. The case of R膩ma is also similar and
there is nothing to contradict the conjecture that they
were deified before Bh膩sa's time, or at any rate, by Bh膩sa.
.
iii. 'Kharapata' as an author of the science of
thieving is known since the time of the Artha艣膩stra and it is
more reasonable to suppose that the Mattavil膩sa copied
the tradition from the Artha艣膩stra or the Carudatta than to
assume the reverse, in face of the priority of the
Artha艣膩stra at least. At any rate, the tradition making
Kharapata the guardian deity of thieves is a fairly old one,
not inconsistent with the date we
we
have
have
assigned to
叠丑腻蝉补.鲁
iv.
With regard to the rule of Manu that the name
of a Br膩hamana should end in sarman (Manu, II. 32.
啶多ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶掂う啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啶膏啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啷�, [艣armavad br膩hma峁嘺sya sy膩t |, ] it is not shown that this was an ancient
rule invariably followed. Further, it is inconceivable that
our poet, a strong upholder of orthodox Brahmanism as
he is, would ignore such a directory rule especially as he
seems to be so particular in the very same play, in such
minute details as to the particular form ':' to be used in
addressing Br膩hma峁嘺s. Contravention of the rule of Manu
does not necessarily mean posteriority to Manu.
喔�. The use of metronyms does not put a work to
a late date. In fact it is an old practice found in ancient
Sutra works and Upanisads.
It is said that the use of the words Sv膩min,
1 Devdhar, Plays etc., p. 55 n90. 2 Macdonell, HSL, p. 411. Cf. also
Bhandarkar, EI, 1934, pp. 198鈥�205.
05.
Hathi-Bada inscription refers to the temple of
Sankarsana and grants for its upkeep in the second century A. D. 3 Arthas膩stra,
IV. 8, p. 221; cf. also G. Harihar Sastri, AMV, 1. pp. 224-227,
