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Sanskrit Language and Literature is unequally rich and colourfully varied. It is the only language and literature which has been dispersing its own inner beauty and vitality to several countries of the world, observes rightly, Dr. D.N. Shanbhag. In this literature a novel branch of writing the dramas in an allegorical form came to light since the times of Asvaghosa. The word 'Allegory' may be defined as "a systematic symbolism by which abstractions are represented as accurately as possible by concrete characters, plot and situations often with identifying tag names". Allegory, therefore is a new technique by which some dramatists went to the extent of writing dramas, building the plot from there imagination, thus treading a new path besides the Epics the Puranas or the Folk tales. In course of time due to an advent of various philosophical systems many a dramatist used drama as a media to propogate their philosophical theories also. In this direction the Sankalpa-suryodaya, the scholarly work of Venkatanatha, makes an interesting and useful study. In the thesis an attempt is made to bring out the place of Sankalpasuryodaya in Sanskrit Literature from the point of a Drama. Besides, other aspects such as meaning of Allegory, significance of the drama, purpose of the dramatist, characterisation, Rasa delineation, Alankaras and philosiphical doctorines reflected in the drama have also been dealt with. Finally conclusions from the study are also added. In preparing the thesis, I have made use of original and secondary sources in Sanskrit and English, relevant Journals and Encyclopedias, a list of which is given in Bibliography at the end. However, the primary source studied is Sankalpa-suryodaya itself and commentaries - the Prabhavilasa by ahobila Sri Saila Tatarya and Prabhavali by M.M. Narasimhachariar thereon. I am much beholden to the authors of these works, in completing the thesis. On the basis of these two commentaries on this text, no attempt has been made so far in making a study from the point of aspects like characterisation, etc., and its contributions to Sanskrit literature and learning to modern times. In this regard it hoped that the thesis will add to the already existing literature. sribahudhanya samvatsara, vaisakha krsna saptagi 18-5-1998, somavara dharavada R. Lami R. Laxmi Lecturer in Sanskrit, Sri Hurkadli Ajja Women's Arts & Commerce College, Dharwad