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Svapnavasavadattam (Sanskrit: स्वप्नवासवदत्तम्, Svapnavāsavadattam) (English: The dream of Vasavadatta) is a Sanskrit play in six acts written by the ancient Indian poet Bhāsa.
The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic narratives about the kaushambi king Udayana and Vasavadatta, the daughter of Pradyota, the ruler of Avanti, which were current in the poet's time and which seem to have captivated popular imagination. The main theme of the drama is the sorrow of Udayana for his queen Vasavadatta, believed by him to have perished in a fire, which was actually a rumour spread by Yaugandharayana, a minister of Udayana to compel his king to marry Padmavati, the daughter of the king of Magadha. It forms, in context, a continuation of his another drama, Pratijnayaugandharayana.
The complete text of the Svapnavasavadattam was long lost until it was discovered by Indian scholar T. Ganapati Sastri in Kerala in 1912.
The main characters of the play are:
Svapnavasavadattam is a sequel to the Bhāsa's another play Pratijnayaugandharayana (The Pledge of Minister Yaugandharayana) which describes in four acts the events culminating in the marriage of Udayana and Vasavadatta which was brought about by the efforts of Yaugandharayana, Udayana's minister. After the marriage, the Udayana leads a carefree life spending time in hunting, lovemaking, and enjoyment of pleasures while a wicked usurper king Aruni took over most of his territory including the capital Kausambi forcing the king to move to a camp in the border village of Lavanaka. To regain the kingdom, Yaugandharayana hatches a plot to get Udayana married to Padmavati, the sister of the powerful Magadha ruler Darsaka.
In the opening act, Padmavati comes to a hermitage to pay respects to the queen mother who is residing there as a hermit. Yaugandharayana disguised as a brahmin mendicant and Vasavadatta as his sister arrive there and feel offended when the servants push them away. Padmavati meets the queen mother who asks her about the proposal of Udayana for her hand which gladdens Yaugandharayana and Vasavadatta. Now Padmavati announces her willingness to help others, taking advantage of which Yaugandharayana places Vasavadatta under her custody for sometime. A brahmacharin (celibate) arrives to narrate the fire accident at Lavanaka in which, both the minister Yaugandharayana and the queen Vasavadatta have perished. This draws the sympathy of everyone in the hermitage towards Udayana, and Padmavati now begins to cherish the desire to become his wife. Yaugandharayana goes away to fulfil his errand.
Padmavati's love for Udayana grows. In the company of Vasavadatta with whom she feels attached, she spends her time in the palace garden when a nurse informs them that Padmavati has been betrothed to Udayana who has come to the palace. Though this news is painful to Vasavadatta she controls herself since she willingly chose her position to help her husband regain his kingdom. She feels grateful that Udayana, who still remembers her, needed much persuasion before he finally agrees to marry Padmavati.
The news of the marriage of Udayana and Padmavati has been made known. The maid asks Vasavadatta to make the wedding garland to which she agrees. She wreathes the garland selecting only such flowers which are auspicious. Getting no relief in the garden, she retires to get some sleep in a lonely place.
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Svapnavasavadattam
Svapnavasavadattam (Sanskrit: स्वप्नवासवदत्तम्, Svapnavāsavadattam) (English: The dream of Vasavadatta) is a Sanskrit play in six acts written by the ancient Indian poet Bhāsa.
The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic narratives about the kaushambi king Udayana and Vasavadatta, the daughter of Pradyota, the ruler of Avanti, which were current in the poet's time and which seem to have captivated popular imagination. The main theme of the drama is the sorrow of Udayana for his queen Vasavadatta, believed by him to have perished in a fire, which was actually a rumour spread by Yaugandharayana, a minister of Udayana to compel his king to marry Padmavati, the daughter of the king of Magadha. It forms, in context, a continuation of his another drama, Pratijnayaugandharayana.
The complete text of the Svapnavasavadattam was long lost until it was discovered by Indian scholar T. Ganapati Sastri in Kerala in 1912.
The main characters of the play are:
Svapnavasavadattam is a sequel to the Bhāsa's another play Pratijnayaugandharayana (The Pledge of Minister Yaugandharayana) which describes in four acts the events culminating in the marriage of Udayana and Vasavadatta which was brought about by the efforts of Yaugandharayana, Udayana's minister. After the marriage, the Udayana leads a carefree life spending time in hunting, lovemaking, and enjoyment of pleasures while a wicked usurper king Aruni took over most of his territory including the capital Kausambi forcing the king to move to a camp in the border village of Lavanaka. To regain the kingdom, Yaugandharayana hatches a plot to get Udayana married to Padmavati, the sister of the powerful Magadha ruler Darsaka.
In the opening act, Padmavati comes to a hermitage to pay respects to the queen mother who is residing there as a hermit. Yaugandharayana disguised as a brahmin mendicant and Vasavadatta as his sister arrive there and feel offended when the servants push them away. Padmavati meets the queen mother who asks her about the proposal of Udayana for her hand which gladdens Yaugandharayana and Vasavadatta. Now Padmavati announces her willingness to help others, taking advantage of which Yaugandharayana places Vasavadatta under her custody for sometime. A brahmacharin (celibate) arrives to narrate the fire accident at Lavanaka in which, both the minister Yaugandharayana and the queen Vasavadatta have perished. This draws the sympathy of everyone in the hermitage towards Udayana, and Padmavati now begins to cherish the desire to become his wife. Yaugandharayana goes away to fulfil his errand.
Padmavati's love for Udayana grows. In the company of Vasavadatta with whom she feels attached, she spends her time in the palace garden when a nurse informs them that Padmavati has been betrothed to Udayana who has come to the palace. Though this news is painful to Vasavadatta she controls herself since she willingly chose her position to help her husband regain his kingdom. She feels grateful that Udayana, who still remembers her, needed much persuasion before he finally agrees to marry Padmavati.
The news of the marriage of Udayana and Padmavati has been made known. The maid asks Vasavadatta to make the wedding garland to which she agrees. She wreathes the garland selecting only such flowers which are auspicious. Getting no relief in the garden, she retires to get some sleep in a lonely place.