'Kaśirāja' of Bhāsa—An Appraisal

"Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa "3 and 'Avimärak '4 the two plays of Bhasa illustrate a term 'Kaśirāja 'which deserves a thorough probe as to what King in the annals of ancient times is represented by this term. Taken literally it means-"The King of Kāši". In Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa (PRY) the term has been employed to indicate the point that a

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शर्मा पूछते हैं कि भास के प्रतिज्ञायौगन्धरायण तथा अविमारक में 'काशिराज' से कौन ऐतिहासिक राजा अभिप्रेत है। वे महासेन के दरबार में काशिराज के दूत जैवन्ति, वासवदत्ता के लिए आए प्रस्ताव तथा उदयन के हित में यौगन्धरायण की नीति का अनुसरण कर कथासरित्सागर के ब्रह्मदत्त से मिलान करते हैं। Sharma asks which historical king Bhāsa means by 'Kāśirāja' in the Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa and the Avimāraka. He follows the envoy Jaivanti at Mahāsena's court, the competing suits for Vāsavadattā's hand, and Yaugandharāyaṇa's manoeuvres for Udayana, testing the identification against the Kathāsaritsāgara and Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī.

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