The Little Clay Cart. Sudraka

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      [2] For an illuminating discussion of these matters, the reader is referred to Sylvain Lévi's admirable work, Le Théâtre Indien, Paris, 1890, pages 196–211.

[3] In his Mālatīmādhava, i. 8, he says: "Whoever they may be who now proclaim their contempt for me—they know something, but this work was not for them. Yet there will arise a man of nature like mine own; for time is endless, and the world is wide." This seems prophetic of John Milton.

[4] Prasannarāghava, i. 22.

[5] Mahāvīracarita, i. 4.

[6] History of Chinese Literature, by H. A. Giles, pages 145–146.

[7] Shakuntalā, i. 15.

[8] Latter Acts of Rāma, v. 17.

[9] Prakaraṇa.

[10] Dhūrtasaṁkula: Daçarūpa, iii. 38.

[11] Sāhityadarpaṇa, 428.

[12] As in Mālatī-mādhava.

[13] Daçarūpa, iii. 33.

[14] In Kālidāsa's Shakuntalā.

[15] In Bhavabhūti's Latter Acts of Rāma.

[16] See page 128.

[17] Aryaka, Darduraka, Chandanaka, Sharvilaka, and the courtier.

[18] See x. 27.

[19] See v. 46 and the following stage-direction.

[20] In Kālidāsa's play of that name.

[21] In Bhavabhūti's Latter Acts of Rāma.

[22] See viii. 43.

[23] See pages 65–66 and page 174.

[24] See viii. 38 and compare the words, "Yet love bids me prattle," on page 86.

[25] Page 87.

[26] Stanzas of the latter sort in The Little Clay Cart are vii. 2 and viii. 5.

[27] This statement requires a slight limitation; compare, for example, the footnote to page 82.

[28] But the combination th should be pronounced as in ant-hill, not as in thin or this; similarly dh as in mad-house; bh as in abhor.

[29] Except in the names Āryaka and Āhīnta, where typographical considerations have led to the omission of the macron over the initial letter; and except also in head-lines.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

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      Chārudatta, a Brahman merchant

      Rohasena, his son

      Maitreya, his friend

      Vardhamānaka, a servant in his house

      Sansthānaka, brother-in-law of King Pālaka

      Sthāvaraka, his servant

      Another Servant of Sansthānaka

      A Courtier

      Aryaka, a herdsman who becomes king

      Sharvilaka, a Brahman, in love with Madanikā

      A Shampooer, who becomes a Buddhist monk

      Māthura, a gambling-master

      Darduraka, a gambler

      Another Gambler

      Karnapūraka }

       Kumbhīlaka } servants of Vasantasenā Vīraka } Chandanaka } policemen Goha } Ahīnta } headsmen

      Bastard pages, in Vasantasenā's house

      A Judge, a Gild-warden, a Clerk, and a Beadle

      Vasantasenā, a courtezan

      Her Mother

      Madanikā, maid to Vasantasenā

      Another Maid to Vasantasenā

      The Wife of Chārudatta

      Radanikā, a maid in Chārudatta's house

SCENE

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