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CAMDALEHA
girl as Candralekhā. It was a surprise and joy for all. The goddess told the Queen that Candralekhā was destined to be the wife of a Cakravartin and that, therefore, she should consent to her being married to Mānaveda. She assented to it. Mānaveda and Candralekhā were duly wedded; and thus all the ambitions of the king are fulfilled.
iii) SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY The scenic division, which has no special reference to the canons of Indian Dramaturgy, is primarily meant for the convenience of following the events of the play. The entrances and exits, the place of action and independent episodes, narrated or acted, have served as the guiding principle.
The play is enacted possibly in the Natyaśālā attached to the palace of king Mānaveda, the audience consisting of the learned people in the royal court at whose instance it was being performed.
Manager's Prelude (sthāpanā) Scene 1 (I.1). Recitation of the benediction (nändi). Scene 2 (I. 1. 1-). Enters the Director (sūtradhāra), salutes
Pärvati and Siva, and hears the commencement of the play. Scene 3 (I. 4. 7-). Enters the Assistant (pāripārsvaka); both of
them discuss the nature of Sattaka, its author Rudradāsa of the Pāraśava family (described), his teachers Rudra and Srikantha (described), the flavour of Prākrit, enactment of the Sattaka at the instance of the learned assembly of king Mānaveda (described elaborately) and the gist of the plot that in this play Mănaveda marries Candralekhā, the daughter of the king of Angas, who brings to him universal
monarchy. Entrance of King and Queen announced. Exeunt.
[The seasonal back-ground of the play is Vasanta or Spring, i. e., the two months, Caitra and Vaišākha. There is a reference to breezes of Caitra at I. 24; and Vișuvotsava, at the beginning of the year, is being celebrated (IV. 1.1 etc.). ]
Yavanikāntara I [The action in this Yava. begins possibly late in the afternoon. The bard announces evening at I. 37. 9, and the King also refers to it, I. 40-41.] Scene 1 (1. 13. 5-). Metropolis, possibly a hall in the palace.
Enter King and Queen with retinue. The King broods
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