महावीरचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - वीररस-प्रधान रामकथा नाटक सम्पूर्ण ७ अङ्क सटीक)

xi] Contents PAGE 32. The Mālatī-Mādhava . . . . . . . lxvii 33, A to 33, G. Analytic statement of its plot . . . . lxviii 34. Criticism of its plot . . . . . . lxxi 35. Technique of the Mālatī-Mādhava . . . . . lxxiii 36. Its advance over the Mahāvīra-charita . . . . lxxiii 37. Defects of the Mālatī-Mādhava . . . . . lxxv The present play : Uttara-Rāma-charita . . . . . lxxvi 38. Transition to the Uttara-Rāma-charita . . . . lxxvi 39. Special features of the Uttara-Rāma-charita . . . lxxvii 40. Technical perfection of the opening act . . . . lxxviii 41. The Uttara-Rāma-charita as a psychological study . . . lxxx 42. The Recognition-scene in the sixth act . . . . lxxxii 43. Other merits of the play . . . . . lxxxii 44. Defects of the play . . . . . . lxxxiv 45. Some common characteristics of the three plays . . . lxxxv Bhavabhūti as a poet . . . . . . lxxxvi 46. His shortcomings . . . . . . lxxxvi 47. His merits . . . . . . . lxxxvii 48. Conclusion . . . . . . . lxxxviii TRANSLATION OF THE PLAY UTTARA-RĀMA-CHARITA . . 1 Dramatis personae . . . . . . . 2 Main characters . . . . . . . 2 Interlocutors . . . . . . . 3 Synoptic analysis of the play . . . . . . 4 Prologue . . . . . . . . 4 Synoptic Analysis of Acts i to vii . . . . . 5 Translation of the play . . . . . . 15 Translation of Act i, The Picture-gallery . . . . 15 Translation of Act ii, Daṇḍakā revisited . . . . 31 Translation of Act iii, The Shadow . . . . . 41 Translation of Act iv, Kausalyā and Janaka . . . . 60 Translation of Act v, Princes in combat . . . . 73 Translation of Act vi, Princes recognized . . . . 82 Translation of Act vii, Reunion . . . . . 94