Lost of Sanskrit Drama Puspadusitaka and Story of Nandayanti in Jain Tradition

SR No.: 032749
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 38
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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of preservation of written texts proves an invaluable help (like the Tibetan and Chinese translations of lost Indian Classical texts) more or less in the task of reconstruction and recovery of lost works. From this point of view we can point out for example the importance of the Vasudevahindi for formig a more reliable view of the content and character of Gunadhya's Brhatkatha, or for tracing the sources of some Krsna-carita episodes; the later available versions of the original tales of Nanda, Vararuci and Sudravatsa; the significant parallels between certain lost versions of the Pancatantra' and the Book of Sindbad; the present story of Nandayanti and PD. These are only a few typical instancesa. The vast Prakrit narrative literature calls for vigorous efforts to scrutinize it for this purpose. In the Appendix I have drawn attention to another case of a lost imaportant Sanskrit drama for getting a better idea of the plot of which we get significant clues from a tale preserved in regional versions. On the Source of the Lost Sanskrit Drama Anangasena - Harinandi 1. Anangasena - Harinandi is a lost Prakarana - type of Rupaka of the Samkirna variety i. e. wherein there are two Nayikas: Kulaja and Vesya (Ganika). Its author was Suktivasakumara. Our only source of imformation about it is the Natyadarpana (p. 95). On the basis of that information the account of that drama with some observations, given by V. Raghavan in his The Social Play in Sanskrit (Second impression, pp. 20-22) Treprodce below: 'The Anangasena - Harinandi is one such, of which a single glimpse is given to us by the authors of the Natyadarpana (p. 95). We are glad we know the name of its author as Suktivasa - kumara, but anything of him beyond this we do not know. The occasion for the citation in the Natyadarpana is the illustration of the Sandhyanga called Chadana, which, [26]