Svapnavasavadattam

Svapnavasavadattam

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"Svapnavāsavadattam" of bhāsa is an outstanding play in Sanskrit literature; its technical qualities are of the highest order and are easily recognised; these qualities owe a great deal to the substance itself brings out some of the finest qualities that Indian culture has constantly nourished among many women of India.

That love can be so heroic, as is depicted in Kathāsaritsāgar, from where Bhāsa has drawn the substance of his play, brings out the characteristic endeavour of Indian culture to pour strength and self-sacrifice in the joy and adventure of life. And what a sense of harmony we find sprayed in the colourful threads of the story!

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Precontent3
Preface10
Introduction15
Bhāsa23
The Svapnavāsavadattam39
The Svapnavāsavadattam Act-I43
The Svapnavāsavadattam Act-II53
The Svapnavāsavadattam Act-III57
The Svapnavāsavadattam Act-IV61
The Svapnavāsavadattam Act-V71
The Svapnavāsavadattam Act-VI79
Source of Svapnavāsavadattam89
Svapnavāsavadattam - An Analysis100
Principal Characters109
Appendices117
Appendices - A Survey of Bhāsa's Manuscripts122
Appendices - Influence of Bhāsa on Later Sanskrit Literature125
Appendices - Some Other Works Attributed to Bhāsa126
Appendices - Society as Presented in Svapnavāsavadattam129

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