Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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on earth; a new way of Life; a new Vision embracing pebble and planet alike; embracing rootedness and winghood; stillness and movement. Behold !
( The curtain goes up revealing :) SCENE
Mahavir is seated on a simple seat, His back turned towards the audience; He seems to be addressing a crowd of spectators who have come to hear Him, as also to receive alms from Him. The spectators could be cut-outs in plywood set against the backcloth and arranged in a semi-circle; a gauze curtain let down from the ceiling between the cut outs and Mahavir who, on either side of Him, has men with huge rounds vessels on their laps brimmed over with coins Mahavir's hands draw fron time
to time and scatter amidst the expectant congregated crowds. The dead stillness which seems embodied in Mahavir's form, is broken by occasional fits of the voices of multitudes. The stage is dimly lit in violet and green glows rendering the entire scene one placed on a psychic plane.