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CHARACTERS IN THE DRAMA
Men
Makaranda Vaisravana
Citrangada Śresthi
Śuka
Sundaraka
Karala Koraka Devalaka
Ka piñjala Tamarasa
- The Hero - A sea-trader, transformed into a śuka (parrot ) by
Candralekha and restored to his original form by Makaranda. - The rival of the Hero, a Vidyadhara-prince. - A merchant, named Brahmadatta, foster-father of
Mallikā, the Heroine. - A sea-trader, by name Vaisravana, who was transformed
into a parrot (Suka) by Candralekha. - Puruşa ', an attendant of Mallika, the Heroine, and
of her father, Brahmadatta, - An attendant of Citrāngada. - An employee of the merchant Brahmadatta (Śreşthi) - An attandant of Candralekhā, mother of the Heroine
(Mallika). - Companion of Citrangada. - An employee of Candralekha, mother of the Heroine
(Mallikā). - A. Chap', announcing the approach of the time
fixed upon (by astrologers ), as auspicious for the
performance of marriage. - The name of a merchant, the foster-father of the
Heroine (Mallika). - An inmate of Gandhamūşikā's asrama. - Kādamba (or Kādambaka), the lord of the Yakşas,
who waits upon the revered Vārişena. The idol of this Lord of the Yakşas is duly replaced by Makaranda
at the time of the wedding of Mallika with the Yakşa. - Mallikā, transformed into a Tāpasa (or Tāpasakumāra) by the use of a magic pill by her mother Candra
lekhā (with a view to protecting her from abduction). - Gamblers, the creditors of Makaranda, the Hero.
Batu
Brahmadatta
Makanda
Yakşa
Tāpasa or Tāpasakumara
Dyetakarāḥ
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