महावीरचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - वीररस-प्रधान रामकथा नाटक सम्पूर्ण ७ अङ्क सटीक)

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32. The Mālatī-Mādhava . . . . . . . lxvii
33, A to 33, G. Analytic statement of its plot . . . . lxviii
34. Criticism of its plot . . . . . . lxxi
35. Technique of the Mālatī-Mādhava . . . . . lxxiii
36. Its advance over the Mahāvīra-charita . . . . lxxiii
37. Defects of the Mālatī-Mādhava . . . . . lxxv
The present play : Uttara-Rāma-charita . . . . . lxxvi
38. Transition to the Uttara-Rāma-charita . . . . lxxvi
39. Special features of the Uttara-Rāma-charita . . . lxxvii
40. Technical perfection of the opening act . . . . lxxviii
41. The Uttara-Rāma-charita as a psychological study . . . lxxx
42. The Recognition-scene in the sixth act . . . . lxxxii
43. Other merits of the play . . . . . lxxxii
44. Defects of the play . . . . . . lxxxiv
45. Some common characteristics of the three plays . . . lxxxv
Bhavabhūti as a poet . . . . . . lxxxvi
46. His shortcomings . . . . . . lxxxvi
47. His merits . . . . . . . lxxxvii
48. Conclusion . . . . . . . lxxxviii
TRANSLATION OF THE PLAY UTTARA-RĀMA-CHARITA . . 1
Dramatis personae . . . . . . . 2
Main characters . . . . . . . 2
Interlocutors . . . . . . . 3
Synoptic analysis of the play . . . . . . 4
Prologue . . . . . . . . 4
Synoptic Analysis of Acts i to vii . . . . . 5
Translation of the play . . . . . . 15
Translation of Act i, The Picture-gallery . . . . 15
Translation of Act ii, Daṇḍakā revisited . . . . 31
Translation of Act iii, The Shadow . . . . . 41
Translation of Act iv, Kausalyā and Janaka . . . . 60
Translation of Act v, Princes in combat . . . . 73
Translation of Act vi, Princes recognized . . . . 82
Translation of Act vii, Reunion . . . . . 94