The Sanskrit dramaFront matterReading editionChapter navigation21 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterin its Origin, Development Theory & PracticePREFACECONTENTSABBREVIATIONSI DRAMATIC ELEMENTS IN VEDIC LITERATUREII POST-VEDIC LITERATURE AND THE ORIGIN OF THE DRAMAIII AÇVAGHOṢA AND THE BUDDHIST DRAMAIV BHĀSAV THE PRECURSORS OF KĀLIDĀSA AND ÇŪDRAKAVI KĀLIDĀSAVII CANDRA, HARṢA, AND MAHENDRAVIKRAMAVARMANVIII BHAVABHŪTIIX VIÇĀKHADATTA AND BHAṬṬA NĀRĀYAṆAX MURĀRI, RĀJAÇEKHARA, THEIR PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORSXI THE DECLINE OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMAXII THE CHARACTERISTICS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMAIII DRAMATIC THEORY XIII THE THEORY OF THE DRAMATIC ARTIV DRAMATIC PRACTICE XIV THE INDIAN THEATREENGLISH INDEXSANSKRIT INDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →in its Origin, Development Theory & PracticeAll chapters and sections (21)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsin its Origin, Development Theory & PracticePREFACECONTENTSABBREVIATIONSPart 1 · Chapters12Part 2 · Chapters345678910111234Part 2 · Other sectionsENGLISH INDEXSANSKRIT INDEXNewly Designed Front Cover.THE SANSKRIT DRAMA◇Original Title Page.in its Origin, Development Theory & Practice →