Bhavabhuti - His Date, Life and Works

Author: V V MirashiPublisher: Motilal BanarsidassYear: 1996Language: multilingualPages: 411ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120811801 DescriptionBhavabhuti has been unanimously acclaimed as an eminent Sanskrit poet, second only to Kalidasa. Though several scholars have written on him and his works, the problems of his life and works are still unsolved. There was, therefore, need of a comprehensive work which would state in detail and critically examine the different views about them and give definite conclusions. The eminent author of this work has attempted to do this.The present work deals with the various problems concerning this great poet of Vidarbha such as the identification of his birth-place, his identity with Umbeka, the location of the god Kalapriyanatha at whose fairs all his plays were first staged, the chronological elation of his Uttara-Rama-charita to the Kundamala of Dhiranga, the influence of his works on later Sanskrit dramatists and so forth. Besides, the present work give