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INTRODUCTION
| 1. Dramas extant and published | ||
| Mṛcchakaṭika | Nāgānanda | Veṇīsaṃhāra[1] |
| Śakuntalā | Mahāvīracarita | Karpūramañjarī[2] |
| Vikramorvaśī | Uttararāmacarita | Viddhaśālabhañjikā[3] |
| Mālavikāgnimitra | Mālatīmādhava | Anargharāghava[4] |
| Ratnāvalī[1] | Mudrārākṣasa[5] | Mahānāṭaka[6] |
| (Priyadarśikā)[7] | ||
| 2. Other works of Sanskrit and Prākrit literature | ||
| (Mahābhārata)[8] | Śṛṅgāratilaka[9] | Hālasaptaśatī[10] |
| (Rāmāyaṇa)[11] | Kirātārjunīya[12] | Bhartṛhariśatakāni[13] |
| Meghadūta[14] | (Kādambarī)[15] | Amaruśataka[10] |
| Kumārasambhava[10] | Śiśupālavadha[10] | Navasāhasāṅkacarita[16] |
| Raghuvaṃśa[17] | (Bṛhatkathā)[18] | |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Ratnāvalī and the Veṇīsaṃhāra are quoted more frequently than any other works, especially in connection with the treatment of dramatic structure in Book 1, since of all the plays they conform most strictly to the rules laid down in the text-books.
- ↑ One stanza is quoted as an illustration of DR. 3. 16.
- ↑ Quoted only once, in the comment on DR. 4. 61.
- ↑ The only quotation from this play is found at DR. 2. 1. Dhanika does not name the source of the stanza. Parab, in his index of verses, attributes it to the Mahānāṭaka.
- ↑ Quoted only at DR. 3. 23, but referred to also at 1. 129 and 2. 86.
- ↑ Regarding this drama see the following page.
- ↑ This play of Harṣadeva is referred to at DR. 2. 82, 92.
- ↑ Referred to only at DR. 3. 28.
- ↑ Of this work, attributed to Kālidāsa, stanza 3 is quoted at DR. 4. 69, but without indication of source. In Hall’s edition these lines are enclosed in brackets, as a possible interpolation.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Quoted only in Books 2 and 4. All of the numerous stanzas from Hāla are quoted anonymously.
- ↑ Mentioned by name at DR. 1. 129; 2. 12, 86; 3. 28, 52. A reference to plots based on the Rāmāyaṇa is found at DR. 2. 90.
- ↑ One stanza is quoted, as an illustration of DR. 4. 33.
- ↑ Nītiśataka, DR. 2. 1; Śṛṅgāraśataka, DR. 4. 43; Vairāgyaśataka, DR. 4. 10, 14.
- ↑ Quoted only at DR. 4. 71.
- ↑ Referred to at DR. 4. 73, 74.
- ↑ On this mahākāvya by Padmagupta see p. xix, note 1, and p. xx, above. One stanza from it is given at DR. 2. 65.
- ↑ Quoted at DR. 2. 1 and 4. 35; mentioned at 4. 74.
- ↑ This old collection of stories is mentioned at DR. 1. 129; 4. 43.
