Hanuman Nataka (critical study)
by Nurima Yeasmin | 2015 | 41,386 words
This page relates ‘The character of Angada’ of the English study on the Hanuman-nataka written by Shri Damodara Mishra in the 11th century. The Hanumannataka is a Mahanataka—a fourteen-act Sanskrit drama dealing with the story of Rama and Hanumat (Hanuman) and presents the events in the lifes of Rama, Sita, Ravana and Hanuman (the son of Anjana and Vayu—the God of the Winds) based on the Ramayana story.
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9.16. The character of Aṅgada
Aṅgada is the son of Vālī by his wife Tārā. When the whole host of Rāma went to Laṅkā, Aṅgada was dispatched to Rāvaṇa as a messenger of peace to give him a chance of saving himself in time. But Rāvaṇa scornfully rejected his advice and met his doom. After Sugrīva, Aṅgada becomes king of Kiṣkindhā. In common parlance a man is said to act the part of Aṅgada when he endeavours to mediate between two contending parties, but without any success.[1] Aṅgada is also presented in the Hanumannāṭaka[2] in the modelof Rāmāyaṇa.
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[2]:
śrutvāṅgadasya mahatīṃ samarapratijñāṃ te cukṣubhuḥ kapicamūpatayaḥ sarāmāḥ/
saumitrirapyanaparādhinamāhataṃ taṃ matvā kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ purato babhūva// Hanumannāṭaka ,XIV.74