works. Nor is the main purpose of tlje play $h& illustration of $1$ principle pf self-sacrifice, ^u The characters, the scenes, the iocidentS'-T-all are Hiacju, The hero is 3. Vidyadhara pripc^r-who r§verep grid warships the Aryan gads. His father lives after his abdication pf the crown an Aryan ascetics life in retirement. The royal wedding is £f grated in the {lindu fashion ; sgenes of drqnjken revelry among the iQ qrders are not absent. Garuda is an Aryan god ape} finally appearance of the goddess Gauri and the amrifa showey wb mark the happy close of the drama are Hindu incidents in the-Ipgend .' '-t- Bhanap.
The Priyadarsiksj, in^ four acts, i§ a r^fleption of Ratnavali, PridNfarmap, Kipg of the. Anga.Sj having be-> trothed his d^ught^r Priyadarsika to King U$ayana pr^par^^* to tafee her to bim. Meanwhile the. Kalinga King p.Yer^qcaas-and imprisons him, Priyadarsika after some vicissitudes is • admitted to the harem of XJcJayapa by his canumander, \inder th^ n^me of Awiyikaf a maid-servant to the queen. The-ypg is enamoured of her and his secret intrigues - are as usual'. discovered by the Queen. Arwyika is imprisoned by her, not long g,fter this, she is recognised ia her true colors, th$ Anga prinqess Priyadarsika, hqr own maternal c Bitten by a serpent the heroine is in a swoon and the, r^yives her* The story ends with hqr happy presentation to*
king by the queen herself.	•         .      .

amthorsbip: — Dr. Hall consi^rs tbat  ths poet: r^ai author of tliese plays.    hq arguet that
agem n^pup^ript of the Kavyaprak^s^, reads Baiia i^ the pl
of Dfa^ato to llit lijaQ " 51? i-	^6 *S* '*
occurs
that th^ wcft&ioTO verse