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KSRI Publications

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SOME ASPECTS OF SANSKRIT DRAMA AND DRAMATURGY

by S.S.Janaki | The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, Chennai | Diamond Jubliee Publication | 2005 (Out of stock)

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“It is a collection of Dr. S. S. Janaki's writing on a variety of subjects which cover different facets of Sanskrit drama and dramaturgy.

“The essays in this volume can be grouped under three or four categories. In one group, she addresses the issue of working and reworking of a specific theme. The theme which gripped the imagination of Indian writers is the dialogue between Purūravas and Urvaśī which embodies many dimensions. It has a cosmology, ecology, the celestial and the terrestial world. Janakiji reflects on these issues with great sensitivity and insight.

“Another group of essays is devoted to Rāma theme. This is a vast subject and there is an impressive body of scholarship on the subject.

Appropriately, she refers to the performance tradition of the Āścaryacūḍāmaṇi, more specifically Kūḍiyāṭṭam. From her analysis it is clear that such devices of change of character could not be represented in drama only through the realistic mode (i.e., lokadharmī).

“In another group of essays, Dr.S.S.Janaki shifts her focus to the difficult and complex text of Abhinavabhāratī by Abhinavagupta. The essay on ‘Abhinavagupta's contribution to Sanskrit Drama Tradition' makes fascinating reading.

“The description of the performance of Ratnāvalī in Dāmodaragupta's Kuṭṭanīmata has attracted the attention of many scholars. It is brilliant exposition of the performance traditions of Sanskrit drama. The essays are full of delightful insights supported by close textual analysis.”
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project, New Delhi.
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