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'''Mālavikāgnimitram''' ([[Devnagari]]:मालविकाग्निमित्रम्, meaning ''Mālavikā and Agnimitra'') is a [[Sanskrit]] [[Play (theatre)|play]] by [[Kālidāsa]]. It is his first play. |
'''Mālavikāgnimitram''' ([[Devnagari]]:मालविकाग्निमित्रम्, meaning ''Mālavikā and Agnimitra'') is a [[Sanskrit]] [[Play (theatre)|play]] by [[Kālidāsa]]. It is his first play. |
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The play tells the story of the love of King [[Agnimitra]], the [[Sunga Empire|Shunga]] king of [[Vidisha]] <ref>[http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/kalidas.html Kalidas, Encyclopedia Americana]</ref>, for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen. He falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant girl named Mālavikā. When the queen discovers her husband's passion for this girl, she becomes infuriated and has Mālavikā imprisoned, but as fate would have it, in the end she is discovered to be of royal birth and is accepted as one of his queens. |
The play tells the story of the love of King [[Agnimitra]], the [[Sunga Empire|Shunga]] king of [[Vidisha]] <ref>[http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/kalidas.html Kalidas, Encyclopedia Americana]</ref>, for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen. He falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant girl named Mālavikā. He must resort to the help of his jester and play a game of subterfuge merely to look at the new girl. When the queen discovers her husband's passion for this girl, she becomes infuriated and has Mālavikā imprisoned, but as fate would have it, in the end she is discovered to be of royal birth and is accepted as one of his queens. |
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The play contains an account of the [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice performed by [[Pushyamitra]], and an elaborate exposition of a theory on music and acting. |
The play contains an account of the [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice performed by [[Pushyamitra]], and an elaborate exposition of a theory on music and acting. |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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* {{cite book|last=.|first=Kalidasa|authorlink=Kalidasa|coauthors=(Tr. by [[Charles Henry Tawney]]) |title=The Malavikágnimitra: A Sanskrit play by Kalidasa|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022967578#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1891|publisher=Thacker, Spink and Company, Calcutta}} |
* {{cite book|last=.|first=Kalidasa|authorlink=Kalidasa|coauthors=(Tr. by [[Charles Henry Tawney]]) |title=The Malavikágnimitra: A Sanskrit play by Kalidasa|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022967578#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1891|publisher=Thacker, Spink and Company, Calcutta}} |
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* {{cite book|last=.|first=Kalidasa|authorlink=Kalidasa|coauthors=(Tr. by [[ Dániel Balogh]] & [[ Eszter Somogyi]])|title=Málavika and Agni mitra|url=http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org/volume-v-95.html|year=2009|publisher= New York University Press and JJC Foundation |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 10:10, 30 September 2012
Mālavikāgnimitram (Devnagari:मालविकाग्निमित्रम्, meaning Mālavikā and Agnimitra) is a Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. It is his first play.
The play tells the story of the love of King Agnimitra, the Shunga king of Vidisha [1], for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen. He falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant girl named Mālavikā. He must resort to the help of his jester and play a game of subterfuge merely to look at the new girl. When the queen discovers her husband's passion for this girl, she becomes infuriated and has Mālavikā imprisoned, but as fate would have it, in the end she is discovered to be of royal birth and is accepted as one of his queens.
The play contains an account of the Rajasuya sacrifice performed by Pushyamitra, and an elaborate exposition of a theory on music and acting.
Further reading
- ., Kalidasa (1891). The Malavikágnimitra: A Sanskrit play by Kalidasa. Thacker, Spink and Company, Calcutta.
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- ., Kalidasa (2009). Málavika and Agni mitra. New York University Press and JJC Foundation.
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