[CONTENTS]
| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION: KALIDASA—HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS | [vii] |
| SHAKUNTALA | [1] |
| THE STORY OF SHAKUNTALA | [97] |
| THE TWO MINOR DRAMAS— | |
| I. Malavika and Agnimitra | [109] |
| II. Urvashi | [115] |
| THE DYNASTY OF RAGHU | [123] |
| THE BIRTH OF THE WAR-GOD | [157] |
| THE CLOUD-MESSENGER | [183] |
| THE SEASONS | [211] |
SHAKUNTALA
A PLAY IN SEVEN ACTS
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
| KING DUSHYANTA. | |
| BHARATA, | nicknamed All-tamer, his son. |
| MADHAVYA, | a clown, his companion. |
| His charioteer. | |
| RAIVATAKA, | a door-keeper. |
| BHADRASENA, | a general. |
| KARABHAKA, | a servant. |
| PARVATAYANA, | a chamberlain. |
| SOMARATA, | a chaplain. |
| KANVA, | hermit-father. |
| SHARNGARAVA | }his pupils. |
| SHARADVATA | |
| HARITA | |
| DURVASAS, | an irascible sage. |
| The chief of police. | |
| SUCHAKA | } policemen. |
| JANUKA | |
| A fisherman. | |
| SHAKUNTALA, | foster-child of Kanva. |
| ANUSUYA | }her friends. |
| PRIYAMVADA | |
| GAUTAMI, | hermit-mother. |
| KASHYAPA, | father of the gods. |
| ADITI, | mother of the gods. |
| MATALI, | charioteer of heaven's king. |
| GALAVA, | a pupil in heaven. |
| MISHRAKESHI, | a heavenly nymph. |
Stage-director and actress (in the prologue), hermits and hermit-women, two court poets, palace attendants, invisible fairies.
The first four acts pass in Kanva's forest hermitage; acts five and six in the king's palace; act seven on a heavenly mountain. The time is perhaps seven years.