* Title: The Dramatic Element Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhavam
* Author: Arjun Bharadwaj
*ISBN: B0FN88D248
* Publisher: Prekshaa Pratishtana
* Publication: 2025
* Page count: 122
* Format: Paperback
* Description: India’s most celebrated poet Kälidāsa’s epic poem, Kumārasambhavam, tells the tale of the spiritual union of Bhagavān Šiva and Devi Pärvati, the primordial parents of the universe. The poem is filled with several aesthetic and philosophical nuances. It renders itself like a play in the mind’s eye of the connoisseur and helps profound values blossom in his heart. The present work examines the dramatic element in the poem that makes characters and situations appear in flesh and blood in the reader’s mental arena. Arjun Bharadwaj draws principles of the four modes of abhinaya (artistic communication) from the Natyaśāstra to demonstrate the audio-visual effects that the master-poet seamlessly evokes through his literary work. The analysis follows the chronology of the narration in the epic and appraises the merits of a poem and a drama as independent media of creative expression.
* Author: Arjun Bharadwaj
*ISBN: B0FN88D248
* Publisher: Prekshaa Pratishtana
* Publication: 2025
* Page count: 122
* Format: Paperback
* Description: India’s most celebrated poet Kälidāsa’s epic poem, Kumārasambhavam, tells the tale of the spiritual union of Bhagavān Šiva and Devi Pärvati, the primordial parents of the universe. The poem is filled with several aesthetic and philosophical nuances. It renders itself like a play in the mind’s eye of the connoisseur and helps profound values blossom in his heart. The present work examines the dramatic element in the poem that makes characters and situations appear in flesh and blood in the reader’s mental arena. Arjun Bharadwaj draws principles of the four modes of abhinaya (artistic communication) from the Natyaśāstra to demonstrate the audio-visual effects that the master-poet seamlessly evokes through his literary work. The analysis follows the chronology of the narration in the epic and appraises the merits of a poem and a drama as independent media of creative expression.
*Language: English
*Link: https://www.amazon.in/Dramatic-Kalida...