Essay name: Sankalpa Suryodaya of Venkatanatha (Critical Study)
Author:
R. Laxmi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This is an English study of the Sankalpa Suryodaya鈥攁n allegorical Sanskrit drama by Venkatanatha, a distinguished philosopher-poet and dramatist of the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta tradition. This work of Venkata-natha (or, Vedanta Deshika). stands out for integrating allegory to convey moral and philosophical truths. The thesis examines its place in Sanskrit literature.
Chapter 2 - Introduction
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CHAPTER II
1. INTRODUCTION TO SANKALPAS弄RYODAYA : .
R奴paka or Drama has occupied an important position in Sanskrit Literature.
In the words of V盲mana, R奴paka "is the blossom of poetry, the union of the epic
and the lyric in the uninterrupted vivacity of an actual performance, developing
itself in the spirit of the age to come."1 Bharata, considered to be the founder of
Sanskrit Dramaturgy, has said, "it is an imitation of actions and conducts of people,
which is rich in various emotions, and which depicts different situations. This
relates to actions of men, good, bad or indifferent and gives courage, amusement
and happiness as well as counsel to them all. 2
However, different theories both eastern and western have been prevalent
regarding the origin of drama. In his N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra, Bharata gives a divine and
mythical description about the origin of drama.鲁 Yet, the fact remains that a drama
is the imitation of the actions of particular characters which the dramatist thinks
to have taken place against the background of certain incidents which may have
taken place at a certain time or place. So the story the dramatist, may be of
various types with regard to its length, characters, situations, sentiments and so
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"啶むう啷嵿さ啶� 啶氞た啶む啶班 啶氞た啶む啶班お啶熰さ啶︵啶掂た啶多啶粪じ啶距啶侧啶ぞ啶む [tadvi citra峁� citrapa峁璦vadvi艣e峁s膩kaly膩t] "
V膩mana, K盲vy盲la峁僰膩ra S奴tra; 1.3.31, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Samsthan, Varanasi,
1976, p.42.
啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶掂啶じ啶傕お啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぞ啶む啶啶 啶侧啶曕さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶距え啷佮啶班ぃ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ぎ啷囙い啶ㄠ啶く啶� 啶曕啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶夃い啷嵿い啶ぞ啶оぎ啶ぇ啷嵿く啶距え啶距 啶ㄠぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶膏啶多啶班く啶 啶灌た啶む啶う啷囙ざ啶溹え啶ㄠ 啶о啶むた啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ啶膏啶栢ぞ啶︵た啶曕啶む 啷�
[n膩n膩bh膩vopasa峁僷anna峁� n膩n膩vasth膩ntar膩tmakam lokav峁泃t膩nukara峁嘺峁� n膩峁瓂ametanmay膩 k峁泃am |
uttam膩dhamamadhy膩n膩峁� nar膩峁嚹佱箖 karma sa峁兣況ayam hitopade艣ajanana峁� dh峁泃ikr墨岣嵞乻ukh膩dik峁泃 ||
] N膩tya艣膩stra of Bharata, Vol. 1, 1, 111-112, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1934, pp. 132-33.
啶椸啶班ぞ啶啶ぇ啶班啶お啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶む啶む 啶む 啶曕ぞ啶げ啷嬥き啶掂ざ啶� 啶椸い啷� 啷� 啶堗ぐ啷嵿し啷嵿く啶距啷嵿ぐ啷嬥ぇ啶距う啶� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぎ啷傕あ啷� 啶侧啶曕 啶膏啶栢た啶︵啶冟啶苦い啷� 啷�
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班ぞ啶班啶ムじ啶啶え啷嵿え啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶多た啶侧啶お啷嵿ぐ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶曕ぎ啷� 啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ぞ啶栢啶 啶啷嵿啶 啶掂啶︵ 啶膏啶むた啶灌ぞ啶膏 啶曕ぐ啷嬥ぎ啷嵿く啶灌ぎ啷� 啷�
[gr膩myadharmaprav峁泃te tu k膩malobhava艣a峁� gate | 墨r峁膩krodh膩di samm奴岣峢e loke sukhidu岣hite ||
sarva艣膩str膩rthasampanna峁� sarva艣ilpapravartakam | n膩峁瓂膩khya峁� pa帽cama峁� veda峁� setih膩sa峁� karomyaham ||
] Ibid, I. 9-15, pp. 42-50.
