महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.
but, as none of his plays has so far been
discovered, it is neither possible to speak of
his proficiency in the Prákrita, nor to assign
him a place due to him amongst the dramatists
of India.
The Kirtisthambha Inscription, verse 158,
says that in his four dramas he made use of
Karnataki, Medapati and Maháráshtri langu-
ages, and adds that in Nātaka (play par
excellence), Prakarana (play that takes a less
elevated range than Nātaka) Vithi (one act
play performed by one or two actors) Nātakā
(a play in four acts), Bhán (monologue in one
act), Prahasana (farcical or comical satire in
one act), Rupaka (drama generally) he was a
new Bhārata.
He was an accomplished musician and
possessed a knowledge of the science, un-
equalled in his time. He was a most
accomplished player on Vina, the noblest
musical instrument invented by the Hindus.
He was regarded as the highest authority
on music; and because of this, the title of
Abhinava Bharatáchárya (new Bharatá-
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