# The Sanskrit drama

Author: Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74314

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Sanskrit+drama+Keith&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

PAGE I. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Literature. 1. The Indian Tradition of the Origin of the Drama 12 2. The Dialogues of the Veda 13 3. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Ritual 23

## Chapters

- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Act III. The swing scene contains really effective lines of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Act V shows us Kaṅsa plotting the overthrow of the youths. A herald](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/7/index.md)
- [PART IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Act I, Gāndhārī’s admonition of Duryodhana. Humorous speech (vyāhāra)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Act I of the Mālatīmādhava. This is evidently an attempt to justify the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Act V shows us the king in his court, overwhelmed with the duties of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/9/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Act I shows us Daçaratha in conversation with Vāmadeva. The arrival of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Act VI tells us from an announcement to Yudhiṣṭhira and Draupadī of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Act III, when Sītā sees and forgives her spouse, is admirable in its](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Act III. The Vidūṣaka, Ātreya, is hideous and stupid; as he lies](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/10/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Act VI reveals Rākṣasa in the capital deeply soliloquizing on the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Act VI Kapālakuṇḍalā swears revenge, but for the moment all goes well;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Act V passes in an exchange of martial taunts between him and](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Act IV, and the remaining portion of that Act gives the conclusion.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Act II shows Rākṣasa’s counter-plots. Virādhaka, in a serpent-charmer’s](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Act I shows Bhīma in conversation with Sahadeva as they await the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Act V, Prasannarāghava, Act VI, and Mahānāṭaka, Act IV) there are no](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Act I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/26/index.md)
- [PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART IV. DRAMATIC PRACTICE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART I. THE ORIGIN OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Act II where the general departs; the progression begins with the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/22/index.md)
- [PART III. DRAMATIC THEORY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Act II, where Ratnāvalī decides to depict the king as the only means of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Act V to a great adventure, for on his ghastly errand he hears cries](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sanskrit-drama-74314/chapters/11/index.md)