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Malati-Madhava is a well-known play by Bhavabhuti. Bhavabhuti was a noted Sanskrit scholar of the 8th century. It is a complex original love intrigue. The play is set in the city of Padmavati. The king desires that his minister`s daughter Malati marry a youth called Nandana. Malati is in love with Madhava ever since she saw him and drew his portrait. Madhava reciprocates, and draws a portrait of her in turn. Malati suspects her father`s motives in falling in with the King`s plans for her. After numerous travails, all ends well, with the couples uniting. According to the renowned Sanskritist Daniel H. H. Ingalls, the Malatimadhava is a work that combines love and horror with a felicity never again equalled in Sanskrit literature. A classic in any subject may fit one or several definitions. It may be a remarkable collection of material that can never be superseded, since its records phenomena that have since vanished. Or, it may be the mirroring of a great mind, successions of insights that are still valid or thought-provoking. A classic may also be a printed embodiment, in clear and basic form, of an influential school of thought. Most of all, a Classic may be a document from the past that is still valid and as useful today as when it was written, or even more so. There are books that have come to acquire stature which is almost legendry. No excursion in the study of the subject can be complete without the ready availability of these classics.
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ISBN : 9788121227841
Pages : 491
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