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

DRAMATIS PERSONAE¹
A. MAIN CHARACTERS.
Rāma, King of Kosala (capital Ayodhyā), son of Daśaratha and Kausalyā.
Ashṭāvakra, a Brahman messenger.
Durmukha,† a state spy.
An aged chamberlain (kañchukin).
A female warder† (pratīhārī).
Śambūka, a Śūdra ascetic killed by Rāma.²
Kausalyā,† Rāma’s mother, widow of King Daśaratha.³
Grishṭi, a chamberlain in attendance upon her.
Sītā,† Rāma’s wife, daughter of King Janaka and Earth-goddess.
Janaka, Sītā’s father, King of Videha (capital Mithilā).
Arundhatī, wife of sage Vasishṭha, Rāma’s family-preceptor.
Kuśa and Lava, twin sons of Rāma and Sītā.
Vālmīki, foster-father and teacher of the twins, author of the Rāmāyaṇa.
Lakshmaṇa, Rāma’s half-brother, son of Daśaratha and Sumitrā.
Chandraketu, son of Lakshmaṇa and Ūrmilā.
Sumantra, Chandraketu’s charioteer.
A man (purusha) from Chandraketu’s army.
¹ Speakers behind the curtain and persons
addressed ākāśe are not separately men-
tioned here.
² He is immediately reborn as a celestial
being.
³ Often spoken of in the plural : Daśarathasya
dārāḥ or mahishyaḥ, Rāmasya mātaraḥ,
ambāḥ, &c. This may be a plural of
respect, although there is also the impli-
cation of the mere presence of the step-
mothers of Rāma.
† These four characters speak Prākrit; the rest, Sanskrit.