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Vikrama and urvasi is one of the three plays attributed to kalidasa, already advantageously known to the western world, It is corroborated by the correspondence of these two compositions, in many of their characteristic merits and defects: the subject of each is taken from heroic mythology and a royal demigod and nymph of more than human mould are the hero and heroine of either there is the same vivacity of description and tenderness of feeling treme elegance in the style, it may be difficult to decide to which the palm belongs but the story of the present play is perhaps more skilfully woven and the incidents rise out of each other more naturally than in sakuntala.
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ISBN : 9788121227513
Pages : 111
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