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THE REJECTION OF SITA IN RAMAYANA BASED PLAYS (up to 17th Century)

Chitra P. Shuklaसंबोधि1983pp. 23–30

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Valmiki was a contemporary of Rama and he depicted the life of Rama as he interpreted. Though the form selected by Valmiki was a narrative epic, Rama's life proved very effective for a drama, because conflict, external or internal, is the essence of drama.

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शुक्ल रामायण में सीता के तीन परित्यागों (लंका, अयोध्या तथा अश्वमेध के अवसर पर) का अनुसरण वाल्मीकि से सत्रहवीं शताब्दी तक के संस्कृत नाटकों में करती हैं। लंका में कहे गये राम के कठोर श्लोक उद्धृत कर वे देखती हैं कि नाटककारों ने प्रेम-कर्तव्य के संघर्ष को कैसे निभाया। Shukla follows Sītā's three rejections in the Rāmāyaṇa (at Laṅkā, at Ayodhyā, and at the horse sacrifice) from Vālmīki into Sanskrit plays down to the seventeenth century. She quotes Rāma's harsh verses at Laṅkā and asks how dramatists handled the conflict of love and duty.

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Hindi title: THE REJECTION OF SITA IN RAMAYANA BASED PLAYS (up to 17th Century)
English title: Not yet translated
Diacritical (IAST): Not yet transliterated
Language: English
Author: Chitra P. Shukla
Translator: Original — no translation
Tīkākāra (commentator): Not applicable
Editor: Not recorded

Journal · patrika

संबोधि

Volume · issue

Vol. 12, Issue 1-4

Page range

pp. 23–30

Article number

SB-12.1-4.4

Publication year

1983

Frequency

QUARTERLY as printed on the cover ('SAMBODHI (QUARTERLY)') and in the ownership statement. Volume 12 nevertheless appeared as ONE combined number covering Nos. 1-4, April 1983 - January 1984: one cover, one contents list, one continuously numbered English section. It is catalogued as a single issue '1-4'.

Publisher

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