Note 17 — VIII BHAVABHŪTI
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‘Those that disparage me know little; for them my effort is not made; there will or does exist some one with like nature to mine, for time is boundless and the earth is wide.’ Yet we may sympathize with those who felt17 that his art was unfit for the stage, for Bhavabhūti’s style has many demerits in addition to the defects of his technique.