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SELECT SPECIMENS OF THE THEATRE OF
THE HINDUS.

Translated from the Original Sanskrit,

By HORACE HAYMAN WILSON, M.A., F.R.S.
Late Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford, &c. &c.

Third corrected Edition. In Two Volumes, 8vo, pp. 392 and 420,
handsomely bound in cloth, price 21s.


CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

Preface.—Treatise on the Dramatic System of the Hindus:

1. The Authorities of the Hindu Dramatic System.
2. Different kinds of Dramatic Entertainments.
3. Dramatic Arrangement.
4. Conduct of the Plot.
5. Characters of the Drama.
6. Objects of Dramatic Representation.
7. Diction.
8. Scenic Apparatus.

List of Hindu Laws.

Dramas translated from the Original Sanskrit: The Mrichchhakatf; or, The Toy-Cart. Vikrama and Urvasí; or, The Hero and the Nymph. Uttara-Ráma-Charitra; or, Continuation of the History of Ráma.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

Dramas translated from the Original Sanskrit: Mátlatf and Mádhava; or, The Stolen Marriage. Mndrá-Rakshasa; or, The Signet of the Minister. Ratnávalí; or, The Necklace.

APPENDIX, containing short accounts of different Dramas.

1. Mahávíra-Charitra.
2. Vení Samhára.
3. Málavikágnimitra; or, Agnimitra and Málaviká.
4. Viddha-Sálabhanjiká; or, The Statue.
5. Prachanda-Pándava.
6. Hanúman-Nátáka.
7. Dharanjaya-Vijaya.
8. Anargha-Rághava ; or, Murári-Nátáka.
9. Sáradá-Tilaka.
10. Yayáti-Charitra.
11. Dútángada; or, The Mission of Angada.
12. Mrigánkalekhá.
13. Vidagdha-Mádhava.
14. Abhiráma-Mani.
15. Madhurániruddha.
16. Kamsa-Badha.
17. Pradyumna-Vijaya.
18. Sri-Dáma-Charitra.
19. Dhúrta-Nártáka.
20. Dhúrta-Samágama.
21. Hásyárnava.
22. Kantuka-Sarvasiva.
23. Chitra-Yajna.