रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

APPENDIX C THREE UNITIES The three unities of place, action and time governing the structure of the drama were introduced in the Greek Dramas (See Introduction, Pp. iv-v). Of these the unity of action is the most important. In the Ratnávalí, however, all these three have been maintained without any prejudice to the plot. The plot of the drama is enacted in the Palace of the Vatsa-king in its different parts. The Drama proper begins after Ratnávalí was put under the care of Unity of place Vásavadattá in the harem. So all the occur- ences having taken place in the Palace, the unity of place has been maintained in this Drama, though it is not usually given much importance in the Sanskrit drama. What occurred to the heroine outside the Palace has not been taken cognizance of within the plot. Unity of action is the most important factor in the drama. Minor actions, sub-plots and episodes within the drama have been inseperably connected with one another Unity of and as such they contribute greatly to the action development of the plot. The Cupid-festival, the plot of विदूषक and सुसङ्गता, the episodes of monkey, magical fire etc.,—all these, when minutely gone through, clearly give