Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus, Volume 1Parbury, Allen, and Company, 1835 |
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1st Chán A'ryaka Aloud amongst Anubhávas attend Ayodhya Bauddha behold Bharata Brahmá Brahman casket Chan Chandanaka Chár character Chárudatta Cheritra Chitral clouds damsel Dasa Rúpaka Dasaratha dear death deity demon drama elephant Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fate father female flowers forest garden gems goddess gods grace hands hear heart heaven hero Hindu Hindu theatre holy honour India Indra Janaka Judge king lady Lakshmana Lava looks lord lotus madam Madaniká Mádhava Mahábhárat Mait Maitréya Mán Máth monarch moon Nátaka never nymph o'er ornaments passion person Prákrit prince Purána Purúravas queen racter Rakshasa Rám Ráma Rámáyana Rasa Rávana sage Sams Sanscrit scene seat Servillaka Sir William Jones Sítá Siva slave Sram Sthá Sthávaraka suvernas thee thou tion translation Ujayin Urvasí Vás Vasantaséná Verdhamána Vibhávas Vír Vishnu Viswamitra Vita whilst wife worthy
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Page xiii - From the evidence it would appear that the submergence took place at the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Page 61 - Then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave, while in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field ? Now of time they are much more liberal.
Page 312 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 285 - And nought of her but is most dear to me. Her presence is ambrosia to my sight ; Her contact fragrant sandal ; her fond arms Twined round my neck are a far richer clasp Than costliest gems ; and in my house she reigns The guardian goddess of my fame and fortune. Oh ! I could never bear again to lose her.
Page 61 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Page 60 - A very pretty entrance, indeed. The threshold is very neatly coloured, well swept and watered ; the floor is beautified with strings of sweet flowers ; the top of the gate is lofty, and gives one the pleasure of looking up to the clouds ; whilst the jasmine festoon hangs tremblingly down, as if it were now hanging on the trunk of Indra's elephant.
Page 61 - Now you shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of a shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.
Page xxxv - The Rasas reside in the composition, but are made sensible by their action on the reader or spectator. In the first case, they may be identified with the permanent conditions or Bhavas.
Page 211 - Exchanged for meek devotion: thus arrayed She moves with heightened charms. Queen. — 'My gracious lord, I would perform a rite, Of which you are the object, and must beg you Bear with the inconvenience that my presence May for brief time occasion you.' King. — 'You do me wrong; your presence is a favour, .... Yet trust me, it is needless To wear this tender form, as slight and delicate As the lithe lotus stem, with rude austerity. In me behold your slave, whom to propitiate Claims not your care,...
Page 206 - She must, accordingly, repair to the monarch, and remain with him ' till he beholds the offspring she shall bear him.' A second scene opens, in the garden of the palace. The king has been engaged in the business of the state, and retires as the evening approaches : So ends the day, the anxious cares of state Have left no interval for private sorrow. But how to pass the night ? its dreary length Affords no promise of relief. A messenger arrives from the queen, apprising his majesty that she desires...