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About The Book

These efforts of Dr. V Raghavan, Fructified into highly critical articles on several aspects of Sanskrit theatre as also other basic forms of Drama in other languages. The present publication – Sanskrit Drama-its aesthetics and production, is a collection of all these articles by Dr. V. Raghavan, brought out in various research journals in Indian and outside during the last four decades.

On the practical side, there are papers on Music in Ancient Drama and Producing Sanskrit plays. The architecture of the theatre in ancient Indian forms the subject matter of a paper.

A few other papers are on Dasarupaka, Uparupakas and Nrtyaprabandhas and allied topics.

Four other important and interesting papers are on Kudiyattam, which preserves the presentation of Sanskrit plays on the stage, the Kathakali, the Yakshagana and the Bhagavata Mela Nataka. These forms of dance-drama, though the languages differ, still maintain the basic features of ancient Sanskrit stage.

This book which is published by the family of the author, has articles of immense values and will be of use to all lovers of Sanskrit in general and particular to scholars interested in Sanskrit stage, the Ancient Indian theatre and in the other forms of dance-drama in regional languages too.

 

About The Author

Kavi Kokila, Sakala Kala Kalapa, Padma Bhushan Dr. V Raghavan, (1908-1979), formerly Head of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Madras, was a blend of several facets of the rich treasures of Sanskrit Literature. His devotion to the languages was unbounded. His critical acumen produced over 100 books and 1100 papers which were deep in content.

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