Society as depicted in the Chaturbhani (study)
by Mridusmita Bharadwaj | 2022 | 64,215 words
This page relates ‘list of Bhanas’ of the study on the Chaturbhani: a collection of four Bhanas which represents a genre of dramatic performance peculiar to the ancient Indian tradition of theater and performing arts (i.e. Natya-Shastra). More specifically, this study examines the historical, literary, cultural, and satirical aspects of ancient Indian society as reflected in these four Sanskrit plays.
Appendix 1 - A list of Bhāṇas
1. Śṛṅgāraratnākara of Suṇḍaraṭāṭācārya;
2. Anaṅgalaṭikā;
3. Anaṅgasarvasva of Lakṣmīnarasimha;
4. Pañcabāṇavijaya by Raṅgācārya;
5. Pañcabāṇavilāsa;
6. Pañcayudhaprapañca of Trivikrama;
7. Madanagopālavilāsa of Rāma;
8. Rasikāmṛta of Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa;
9. Rasollāsa of Śrīnivāsavedāntācārya;
10. Śṛṅgāraśṛṅgātaka of Raṅganātha;
11. Rasikarañjana of Śrīnivāsa;
12. Mukundānanda of Kāśīpati;
13. Sarasakavikulānanda of Rāmacandra;
14. Manmathamodana of Kadayokudi Subramaniam;
15. Vasantabhūṣaṇa of Varadārya;
16. Śāradātilaka of Śaṅkara;
17. Madanabhūṣaṇa of Appākavi;
18. Śṛṅgārastavaka of Nṛsimha;
19. Śṛṅgārajīvana of Varada;
20. Śṛṅgārataraṅgiṇī of Rāmabhadra;
21. Śṛṅgāracandrikā of Śrīnivāsa;
22. Śṛṅgārasundara of Īśvaraśarmā;
23. Śṛṅgārataraṅgiṇī of Veṅkatācārya;
24. Anaṅgamaṅgala of Sundara;
25. Śṛṅgāradīpaka of Veṅkatādhvarin;
26. Harivilāsa of Haridāsa;
27. Kandarpavijaya of Ghanaguru;
28. Candrarekhāvilā sa;
29. Anaṅgamaṅgala of Sundarakavi;
30. Anaṅgasarvasva of Lakṣmīnṛsimha;
31. Gopālalīlārṇava of Govinda;
32. Kāmavilāsa of Venkappa;
33. Kusumabāṇavilāsa;
34. Rasavilāsa of Cokkanātha;
35. Śāradānandana of Śrīnivāsācārya;
36. Śṛṅgārapāvana of Vaidyanātha;
37. Śṛṅgāratilaka of Avināśīswāmī;
38. Śṛṅgārasarvasva of Swāmī Śāstrī;
39. Madanalīlādarpaṇa of Indraganti Kondasurī;
40. Manmathābhyudaya of Veṅkateśa