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* '*
that th^ wcft&ioTO verse
occurs be conceded. This idea of •self-sacrifice is not the tenet solely of the religion of Buddha without any recognition in the religion of the Vedas. Compassion to all is the highest doctrine inculcated both in the Ramayana and in the Mahabharata—decidedly pre-Buddhistie 6hat the Puranas weres weji-known by that day and that the poet might have preferred the account pf,the Matsya finding it., more, suitable for drama-tisation? ' . • • • . /•;-.: ". ... -' '-•• ..;-• ' . ' . f,/: \\