Vikramorvasiyam Is A Famous Play Composed By Kalidasa In Five Acts Which Describes The Love Of Pururavas, The King Of Pratishthana, And Urvasi, A Heavenly Nymph (Apsaras). In This Play, Kalidasa Seems To Have Concentrated More On Characterization Than On Plot-Construction As He Has Done In The Malavikagnimitra. But The Most Debated Portion Of The Play Is Act Iv Where The Hero, Distracted By Separation, Gives Vent To His Feelings In Short, Sweet And Pathetic Lyrics. It Is Not A Long Narrative Or Descriptive Poem Which Can Be Read With Chosen Intervals Or Breaks. With A True Dramatic Instinct Kalidasa Turns This Long-Drawn Pathetic Scene Into A Musical Ballet, And He Makes A Dexterous Use Of Prakrit Suitable A For Music As Well As The Lonesome State Of The Hero.

An English (By Sri Aurobindu) And Edited Presentations Of Kalidasa`S Favour Play In 5 Acts Describes. Describes The Love Of Pururavas, The King Of Prathisthana And Urvasi A Heavenly Nymh. Has Preface, Characters, Place Of Action, Time Of Action, Prologue And 5 Acts Dealth Will Seperately.

The earthly King Pururavas rescues the celestial nymph Urvashi from a demon, and thus begins a love story that brings heaven and earth together. The lovers must overcome a range of obstacles, including a heavenly curse and a magical transformation before they can be together. A magnificent drama based on an episode from the Rig Veda, Vikramovarshiyam is filled with dramatic turns of event, music and dance. The scenes, characters and dialogues are at once lively and dramatic as well as sensitive and speculative. Believed to be the second of Kalidasa's three plays, it is a treat for the senses.

The present edition of the Dattilam contains the text with variant readings, and English translation facing the original and a commentary on the text to facilitate its comprehension.

Nagananda By King Harsha Is One Of The Best Sanskrit Dramas In Five Acts Dealing With The Popular Story Of Jimutavahana S Self-Sacrifice To Save The Nagas. The Unique Characteristic Of This Drama Is The Invocation To Lord Buddha In The Nandi Verse, Which Is Considered As One Of The Best Examples Of The Dramatic Compositions Wherein The Norms Of Dramaturgy Are Followed Up To A Considerable Extent.

The Mahabharata preserves powerful journeys of women recognized as the feminine divine and the feminine heroic in the larger culture of India. Each journey upholds the unique aspects of women's life. This book analytically examines the narratives of eleven women from the Mahabharata in the historical context as well as in association with religious and cultural practices. Lavanya Vemsani brings together history, myth, religion, and practice to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the history of Hindu women, as well as their significance within religious Indian culture. Additionally, Vemsani provides important perspective for understanding the enduring legacy of these women in popular culture and modern society.

The Kadambari Is One Of The Best Romantic Fictions Of 7Th Century By Banabhatta. An Imaginative Romantic Story Of Love, Technically In The Katha From, The Novel Transcends The Bounds Of Mortal Existence And Moves Through Three Lives Till The Deep And Passionate Love Finally Attains Its Desired Fulfillment. In This Marvelous Texture The World Of Human Beings, Animals And Birds All Merge Together, As Do Human Beings, Animals And Birds All Merge Together, As Do Human, Semidivine And Divine Characters; And The Earth And The Heavens Combine In The Universal Bond Of Love That Defies Death And Continue In The Next Birth, Thus Holding The Entire Creation Together. It Is These Unique Qualities Of The Heart And Of Faith That Distinguishes This Classic Of Bana From The Usual Love Romances In Other Languages And Bestow On It An Universality That No Age An Dim It.

Kalidasa was a Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Hindu Puranas. List of Works: Shakuntala: A Play in Seven Acts The Story of Shakuntala: The Epic Tale The Dynasty of Raghu The Birth of the War-God The Cloud-Messenger Former Cloud Latter Cloud

The fifty-one essays compiled in this book were written over a forty-year period by India's leading independent filmmaker. They provide new insights into a turbulent era in modern India's cultural history. Although known primarily as a filmmaker, Kumar Shahani has taught, spoken and written on a variety of subjects over this period, that include the cinema, but also politics, aesthetics, history and psychoanalysis. In these essays Shahani addresses diverse political issues, aesthetic practice, questions of artistic freedom and censorship. There are also personal essays on filmmakers and artists including his teachers and colleagues. Shahani's often polemical positions, as they occur in several previously unpublished essays and presentations, are essential contributions to film and cultural histories of the Indian cinema as well as of the New Cinema worldwide. The book includes a comprehensive introductory essay, "Kumar Shahani Now," by Ashish Rajadhyaksha.