List of Sanskrit plays in English translation
Of around 155 extant Sanskrit plays,
The period of Sanskrit dramas in India begins roughly with the composition of the Natya Shastra (c. 200 BCE – 200 CE) — though this treatise evidences a mature theatrical practice already in existence. Literarily, the period dwindles around the composition of the Natya Shatra's influential abridgment: Dasharupakam (late 10th century CE) — though derivative works continued to be written. "Sanskrit drama" typically contains a mix of Sanskrit and Prakrit though, for example, Bhāsa's Dūtavākya contains no Prakrit,[2] and Rajashekhara's Karpuramanjari is written entirely in Prakrit.[3]
List of translations
Key
- Published as — The titles of the English translations, with links to their full bibliographic entries.
- Year — The year of the translation's first publication. However, revised editions are frequently cited in the bibliography.
Fragmentary passages are not considered here, nor are modern dramas written in Sanskrit.
Table
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ^ Schuyler 1991, pp. 101–105.
- ^ Keith 1924, p. 121.
- ^ Keith 1924, pp. 233–234.
Bibliography
Translations
Anonymous
- Anonymous (1952). Kaumudī Mahotsava. Translated by Shastri, Sakuntala Rao. Bombay.
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Bāṇabhaṭṭa
- OCLC 663420957.
Baudhāyana
- Baudhāyana (1971). "The Hermit and the Harlot". Mahfil. 7 (3/4). Translated by JSTOR 40874441.
Bhāsa
- Bhāsa (1918). The Dream Queen: A Translation of the Svapnavasavadatta of Bhasa. Translated by Shirreff, A. G.; Lall, Panna. Allahabad: Indian Press.
- OCLC 557433768.
- OCLC 878273052.
- Bhāsa (1921). The Madhyama Vyayoga: a drama composed by the poet Bhasa. Translated by Janvier, Ernest Paxton. Mysore: Wesleyan Mission Press.
- Bhāsa (1923). Vāsavadattā: Being a Translation of an Anonymous Sanskrit Drama, Svapanavāsavadatta, Attributed to Bhāsa. Translated by Sukthankar, V. S. London: Oxford University Press.
- Bhāsa (1924a). "Avimaraka [Act I?]". Shama'a. IV. Translated by Pisharoti, K. Rama: 285–295.
- Bhāsa (1924b). "Duta Ghatotkaca". Shama'a. IV. Translated by Pisharoti, K. Rama: 129–151.
- Bhāsa (1925a). "Avimaraka [Acts II-V?]". Shama'a. V. Translated by Pisharoti, K. Rama: 47–59, 114–126, 270–284.
- OCLC 936468387.
- ISSN 0026-8380.
- Bhāsa (1926). "Avimaraka [Act VI]". Shama'a. VI (4 (July)). Translated by Pisharoti, K. Rama: 213–225.
- Bhāsa (1927a). Pratima Nataka. Translated by Pranjape, Shivaram Mahadeo. Pune: Oriental Book Agency.
- OCLC 1222778541.
- OCLC 977771182.
- Bhāsa (1930a). Thirteen Trivandrum Plays Attributed To Bhasa. Vol. I. Translated by Woolner, A. C.; Sarup, Lakshman. London: Oxford University Press.
- OCLC 557433755.
- OCLC 557433764.
- OCLC 48255755.
- Bhāsa (1931). Thirteen Trivandrum Plays Attributed To Bhasa. Vol. II. Translated by Woolner, A. C.; Sarup, Lakshman. London: Oxford University Press.
- Bhāsa (1935a). "Abhiśeka-Nāṭaka". Journal of the Annamalai University. IV. Translated by Pisharoti, K. Rama: 131–148, 275–286.
- Bhāsa (1935b). "Abhiśeka-Nāṭaka". Journal of the Annamalai University. V. Translated by Pisharoti, K. Rama: 119–134, 243–253.
- )
- OCLC 586808764.
- OCLC 36274668.
- OCLC 214677185.
- OCLC 69395822.
- Bhāsa (1941a). Two Plays Of Bhasa. Translated by Ayyar, A. S. P. Madras: Madras Law Journal Office.
- Bhāsa (1941b). "Karna's Burden". In Narayanaswamy Naidu, B. V. (ed.). Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Commemoration Volume. Translated by Hariyappa, H. L. Madras: Annamalai University. pp. 210–225.
- Bhāsa (1942). Bhasa's Pratima-Natakam. Translated by Ray, Saradaranjan; Ray, Kumudranjan. Calcutta: Nalanda Press.
- Bhāsa (1943a) [1939]. Charudattam. Poona Oriental Series. Vol. 65. Translated by Devadhar, C[hintamani] R[amachandra] (2nd revised ed.). Pune: Oriental Book Agency.
- OCLC 1080737270.
- OCLC 17130649.
- OCLC 28794638.
- OCLC 40886055.
- Bhāsa (1955) [1937]. Bhasa's Swapna-vasavadattam. Translated by Sen, Satyendra Nath (4th ed.). Calcutta: Chattopadhyaya Brothers.
- Bhāsa (1957a). Pañcharātram. Translated by Devadhar, C. R. Pune: Oriental Book Agency.
- OCLC 18722806.
- OCLC 917020286.
- OCLC 19356833.
- OCLC 69188867.
- OCLC 964321526.
- ISBN 9780140178371.
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa
- Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (1880). Veṉí-sanhára Nátaka; or, The Binding of the Braid. Translated by Tagore, Sourindra Mohun. Calcutta: The Translator.
- Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (1910). The Venị̂samhâra of Bhaṭṭa Nârâyana. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra). Bombay: Oriental Publishing Company.
- Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (1922). Veṇīsaṃhāra: A Sanskrit Drama in Six Acts. Translated by Dravid, K. N. Pune: Oriental Book-supplying Agency.
- Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (1933) [1922]. The Venisamhara of Bhatta Narayana. Translated by Gajendragadkar, A. B. (2nd revised ed.). Bombay: Aryabhushan Press.
- OCLC 428363841.
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- OCLC 1016209057.
- OCLC 793351570.
Bhavabhūti
- Bhavabhūti (1871). Maha-vira-charita: The Adventures of the Great Hero Rama. Translated by Pickford, John. London: Trübner.
- Bhavabhūti (1874) [1871]. Uttara Ráma Charita: A Sanskrit Drama. Translated by Tawney, C. H.(Second ed.). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink.
- OCLC 4538216.
- Bhavabhūti (1911). Uttararamacharita. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra). Bombay: Gopal Narayan & Co.
- Bhavabhūti (1915). Rama's Later History; or, Uttara-Drama Charita; An Ancient Hindu Drama. Harvard Oriental Series. Vol. 21. Translated by Belvalkar, Shripad Krishna. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- OCLC 21790895.
- OCLC 976504997.
- Bhavabhūti (1962) [1929]. Kane, P. V. (ed.). Uttaramcharitam Of Bhavabhuti. Translated by Joshi, C. N. (4th revised ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
- OCLC 213442.
- OCLC 60189807.
- OCLC 55108066.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-6733-7.
Diṇnāga
- Diṇnāga (1935). The Jasmine Garland. Translated by Woolner, A. C. London: Oxford University Press.
- Diṇnāga (1937) [1932]. Shastri, Jagdish (ed.). Kundamālā Of Diṇnāga. Translated by Bhanot, Saran Dass; Vyas, Ved (2nd revised and enlarged ed.). Lahore: Oriental Booksellers.
Harihara
- Harihara (1904). "The Bhartrharinirveda of Harihara, Now First Translated from the Sanskrit and Prākrit". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 25. Translated by JSTOR 592562.
Harsha
- Harsha (1872). Nágánanda; or The Joy of the Snake-world. Translated by Boyd, Palmer. London: Trübner.
- OCLC 771415301.
- OCLC 43285209.
- Harsha (1902b). The Ratnavali: A Sanskrit Drama. Translated by Chakravartī, Srīsachandra. Dhaka: Hari Ram Dhar.
- Harsha (1908). Priyadarsika. Translated by Srinivasachariar, T. V. Madras: Oriental Press.
- Harsha; Somadeva (1911). The Buddhist Legend of Jîmûtavâhana [...] dramatized in the Nâgânanda (the Joy of the World of Serpents). Translated by Wortham, B. Hale. London: Routledge.
- Harsha (1919a). The Nagananda. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra). Bombay: Standard Publishing Co.
- OCLC 80577242.
- OCLC 82851340.
- Harsha (1921). The Ratnavali. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra). Bombay: Standard Publishing Co.
- OCLC 250016740.
- Harsha (1923). Priyadarśikā: a Sanskrit Drama. Indo-Iranian Series. Vol. 10. Translated by Nariman, G. K.; Jackson, A. V. Williams; Ogden, Charles J. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Harsha (1928a). The Priyadarsika. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra). Bombay: Gopal Narayan and Co.
- OCLC 663318397.
- OCLC 249013628.
- Harsha (1939). Ratnavali of Emperor Shri Harsha. Translated by Bhattacharya, Ashokanath; Das, Maheshwar. Calcutta: Modern Book Agency.
- OCLC 41293314.
- OCLC 1016423874.
- OCLC 458650526.
- OCLC 642973977.
- OCLC 1016423756.
- Harsha (1953b). The Nāgānanda Of Srīharṣa. Translated by Karandikar, M. A.; Karandikar, S. Bombay: New and Second Hand Book Stall.
- OCLC 642986145.
- OCLC 45694377.
- OCLC 613005226.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-1996-1.
Jayanta Bhatta
- ISBN 978-0-8147-1979-4.
Kālidāsa
- Kālidāsa (1792) [1790]. Sacontalá; or, The Fatal Ring. Translated by Jones, William. London: Edwards.
- Kālidāsa (1822). Kalidasa's Abhijnana Sakuntalam. Translated by Vidyaratna, Nabin Chandra. Calcutta: S. C. Bhattacharjya.
- Kālidāsa (1851). Vikramorvaśí. Translated by Cowell, Edward Byles. Hertford: Stephen Austin.
- Kālidāsa (1855). Śakoontalá; or, The Lost Ring: An Indian Drama. Translated by Williams, Monier. Hertford: Stephen Austin.
- OCLC 48270466.
- Kālidāsa (1891) [1875]. The Malavikágnimitra. Translated by Tawney, C. H.(Second ed.). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink.
- Kālidāsa (1894). Shakuntala; or, The Recovered Ring; a Hindoo Drama. Translated by Edgren, A Hjalmar. New York: Henry Holt.
- Kālidāsa (1896). The Malavikagnimitra Of Kalidasa. Translated by Ayyar, S. Seshadri. Pune: Dyan Prakash Press.
- OCLC 560413242.
- OCLC 560418375.
- Kālidāsa (1902a). Sakuntala: A Play in Five Acts. Translated by Jennings, J. G. Allahabad: Indian Press.
- Kālidāsa (1902b). The Abhijnânaŝakuntala, the Purer Devanagari Text. Translated by Patankar, Paraṣurāma Nārāyana. Pune: Shiralkar.
- )
- OCLC 560418487.
- Kālidāsa (1912). Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works. Translated by Ryder, Arthur W.London: J. M. Dent & Sons.
- OCLC 560418513.
- Kālidāsa (1915a) [1898]. The Vikramorvasiya. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra) (5th revised ed.). Bombay: The Oriental Publishing Company.
- Kālidāsa (1915b). Malavika: A Five-Act Comedy of Kalidasa. Translated by Ryder, Arthur W.Berkeley: California University Press.
- Kālidāsa (1915c). Sakuntala and her Keepsake. Translated by Datta, Roby. Calcutta: Das Gupta.
- Kālidāsa (1920a). Sakuntala. Translated by Binyon, Laurence; Das Gupta, Kedar Nath. London: Macmillan.
- OCLC 49487553.
- OCLC 24693500.
- Kālidāsa (1929). Vikramorvasiya Nataka. Translated by Shastri, Charu Deva. Lahore: Shamsher Singh.
- OCLC 560413296.
- OCLC 560413314.
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- Kālidāsa (1945). The Dramas Of Kalidasa. Translated by Bose, Bela. Allahabad: Kitabistan.
- Kālidāsa (1946) [1908]. Abhijnana Sakuntalam. Translated by Ray, Saradaranjan; Ray, Kumudranjan (13th, revised and enlarged ed.). Calcutta: Nalanda Press.
- OCLC 238833769.
- OCLC 851208934.
- OCLC 416476160.
- OCLC 28203952.
- Kālidāsa (1950d) [1931]. Kalidasa: Abhijñāna-śākuntalam: A Synthetic Study. Translated by Bose, Ramendra Mohan (6th ed.). Calcutta: Modern Book Agency.
- Kālidāsa (1958). Works Of Kalidasa Vol. 1: Dramas. Translated by Devadhar, C. R. Delhi: Motilal Banardisass.
- OCLC 18722865.
- OCLC 1068722.
- Kālidāsa (1969) [1898]. Abhijnānaśākuntalam. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra) (10th ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
- ISBN 978-0231058384.
- OCLC 314250390.
- ISBN 978-0140455212.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-8815-8.
- ISBN 978-0199540600.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-4111-5.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-8702-1.
- ISBN 978-0670093632.
Krsna Misra
- Krsna Misra (1812). Prabod'h Chandro'daya; or The Moon of Intellect; an allegorical drama; and Atma Bod'h, or the Knowledge of Spirit. Translated by Taylor, J. London: Longman.
- Krsna Misra (2009). The Rise of Wisdom Moon. Translated by ISBN 978-0-8147-4838-1.
Mahendravarman
- JSTOR 607015.
Murāri
- Murāri (2006). Rāma Beyond Price. Translated by Törzsök, Judit. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0814782958.
Rajashekhara
- OCLC 903076118.
- Rajashekhara (1901). Konow, Sten (ed.). Rāja-çekhara's Karpūra-mañjarī. Harvard Oriental Series. Vol. IV. Translated by Lanman, Charles Rockwell. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
- JSTOR 592847.
Sakthibhadran
- OCLC 5717201.
Subhata
- Subhata (1840). A Dramatic History Of King Rama. Translated by Bahadur, Maharaja Kalikrishna. Calcutta: Columbian Press.
- Subhata (1912). "The Dūtāṅgada of Subhaṭa, Now First Translated from the Sanskrit and Prākrit". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 32 (1). Translated by JSTOR 3087587.
Shudraka
- Shudraka (1905). The Little Clay Cart (Mṛcchakaṭika). Harvard Oriental Series. Vol. 9. Translated by Ryder, Arthur William. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
- OCLC 41294563.
- Shudraka (1937b). Mrcchakatika Of Śūdraka. Translated by Karmarkar, R. D. Pune: Aryabhushan Press.
- OCLC 6271087.
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- OCLC 24889243.
- Shudraka (1962) [1924]. The Mrichchhakatika of Sudraka. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra) (New ed.). Bombay: Booksellers Publishing Co.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-0729-6.
- OCLC 1022945795.
Śyāmilaka
- Śyāmilaka (1976). Pādatāḍitaka of Śyāmilaka. Vol. 2: Translation. Translated by Schokker, G.H.; Worseley, P.J. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-9027704252.
Umāpati Upādhyāya
- Umāpati Upādhyāya (1917). "The Pārijāta-Harana of Umāpati Upādhyāya". Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society. III (1). Translated by Grierson, George: 20–98.
- Umāpati Upādhyāya (1924). "Traivikramam". Shama'a (April). Translated by Rama Pisharoti, K.: 213–222. OCLC 504425724.
Vararuchi
- Vararuchi (1926). "The Ubhayabhisarika of Vararuci". The Calcutta Review. 20 (July–Sept). Translated by Sen, Sukumar: 127–47.
Vedanta Desika
- Desika, Sri Vedanta (1917). Sankalpa-Sûryôdaya, or The Dawn of the Divine Will. Vol. 1 (Acts I-V). Translated by Narayanacharya, K.; Iyengar, D. Raghunathaswamy. Srirangam: Sri Vani Vilas Press.
Vishakhadatta
- Vishakhadatta (1916a) [1900]. The Mudrarakshasa. Translated by Kāle, M(oreshvar) R(amchandra) (3rd revised ed.). Bombay: The Oriental Publishing Company.
- Vishakhadatta (1916b). Mudrarakshasa. Translated by Shastri, Vasudeva Abhyankar; Abhyanker, Kashinath Vasudeva. Ahmedabad: Nandlal C. Bodiwala.
- OCLC 66019742.
- Vishakhadatta (1930) [1900]. Mudrarakshasa; or The Signet Ring. Translated by Dhruva, K(eśavalāla) H(arshadarāya) (3rd ed.). Pune: Oriental Book Agency.
- Vishakhadatta (1940). Mudrārāksasa of Viśākhadatta. Translated by Karmarkar, R. D. Pune.
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- OCLC 31173636.
- OCLC 642949557.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-1661-8.
Multiple authors
- OCLC 654476.
- Coulson, Michael (1981). Three Sanskrit Plays: Śakuntalā by Kālidása; Rākshasa's Ring by Viśākhadatta; Mālati and Mādhava by Bhavabhūti. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0140443745.
- Dezső, Csaba; Vasudeva, Somadeva (2009). The Quartet of Causeries. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1978-7.
- ISBN 978-0811200790.
- Skilton, Andrew (2009). How the Nāgas were Pleased by Harsha; & The Shattered Thighs by Bhāsa. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4066-8.
- Wilson, Horace Hayman (1835a) [1827]. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus. Vol. I (Second ed.). London: Parbury, Allen.
- Wilson, Horace Hayman (1835b) [1827]. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus. Vol. II (Second ed.). London: Parbury, Allen.
Other references
- Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1924). The Sanskrit Drama in its origin, development, theory & practice. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Raghavan, V. (1959). "A Bibliography of English Translations of Sanskrit Dramas". Indian Literature. 3 (1): 141–153. JSTOR 23329669.
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