Essay name: Sanskrit dramas by Kerala authors (Study)
Author:
S. Subramania Iyer
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
This essay represents and English study of the Sanskrit dramas by Kerala authors. The influence that Sanskrit has exerted on the people of Kerala in their cultural, social and literary fields is of great significance to them. This thesis traces the history of the Sanskrit drama in Kerala produced from the 9th century A.D.
Chapyer 5: Pradyumnabhyudaya (Pradyumna Abhyudaya) (study)
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has its background in a garden in Vejrapura. The time at
which the fourth act comes to a close is not indicated. The
fifth act seems to begin in the morning. The description
47 of Sun rise by Narada proves this. The place of action
centres round Vajrapura. The time at which the drama comes
to a close is not indicated. Thus the drama takes nearly
two days and two nights.
Kalidasa:
INFLUENCE OF OTHER SANSKRIT POETS
Kālidāsa's 'Sekuntale seems to have exerted pro-
found influence on the dramatist as can be seen from the
following instances.
Pradyumnabhyudaya
1. Pradyumna enters the
Pramadavana adjoining the
lake Kamalini. He is
suffering from pangs of love.
Cool breeze blows. Pradyumna
who is sick on account of the
pangs of love enjoy the
refreshing touch of the breeze
and remarks that it can be
embraced by limbs affected
by Cupid.
Sakuntala
King Dushyante enters the
grove in a love effected
condition. feels the
touch of the breeze and
remarks that the breeze fra-
grant with lotuses and
wafting the spray of the
ripples of Malini can be
closely embraced by limbs
inflamed with love.
47 Ibid., Act.V, V.9, p.47.
