Svapnavasavadatta, Svapnavāsavadattā, Svapna-vasavadatta: 1 definition
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Source: WikiPedia: HinduismSvapnavāsavadattā (स्वप्नवासवदत्ता, “The dream of Vāsavadattā”) is a Sanskrit play in six acts written by the ancient Indian poet Bhasa. It is probably the best known of Bhāsa’s works. The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic narratives about the Vatsa king Udayana and Vasavadatta, the daughter of Pradyota, the ruler of Avanti, which were current in the poet's time and which seem to have captivated popular imagination. The main theme of the drama is the sorrow of Udayana for his queen Vasavadatta, believed by him to have perished in a fire, which was actually a rumour spread by Yaugandharayana, a minister of Udayana to compel his king to marry Padmavati, the daughter of the king of Magadha. It forms, in context, a continuation of his another drama, Pratijnayaugandharayana.
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Partial matches: Svapna, Vasavadatta.
Starts with: Svapnavasavadattanataka.
Full-text: Svapnavasavadattanataka, Vasavadatta.
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A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Later Traditions < [Chapter 2]
Historical Background of Kaushambi < [Chapter 2]
Political History of Vatsa < [Chapter 2]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XVI < [Book III - Lāvānaka]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
6.2. Cāṇakya: As the Hero of the Drama < [Chapter 6 - Other Literary Estimates of Mudrārākṣasa]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Part 3 - Literary Structure of the Drama < [Introduction, part 1]