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Vasantasena is a fictional character and the protagonist of the iconic Sanskrit play Mṛichchhakatika (The Little Clay Cart) written by Śūdraka. [1] Mricchakatika was translated in 1826 as The Toy Cart by Horace Hayman Wilson, a surgeon in the East India Company.
- Vasantasena as A Unique Nayika
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Vasantasena does not fit into the traditional structure of women as daughters, wives or mothers. She is a unique paradox. She is, on one hand, an object of desire and, on the other hand, an independent person who believes in freedom of choice. Vasantasena enjoys economic power, much unlike the usual women figures portrayed in theatre of those times...
In Mrichchakatikam Vasantasena enjoys far more admiration and importance in Charudatta’s heart than his own wife does. While Charudatta’s wife is granted just domestic and marital rights, Vasantasena receives Charudatta’s passion, his poetry and his ardent love. In the storm scene Charudatta is seen to express his desire in spontaneous poetic outbr...
So far as relationships are concerned, it is Vasantasena who makes a choice, takes initiative. Usually, the conventional nayika-s or heroines in Sanskrit drama are found to be devoted to their lovers or husbands with almost religious fervour. It is the nayaka or the hero who is seen to take the initiative. Sudraka’s Vasantasena can distinguish love...
May 22, 2023 · Detailed Character Analysis of Vasantasena in Mricchakatika : Vasantasena is one of the most prominent characters found in Indian classical drama. Sudraka’s Mrichchakatika is realistic presentation of characters in a unique story of love, loss and desire. The playwright goes beyond the usual conventions followed by traditional Indian dramatists.
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May 7, 2023 · In the first act itself, we are introduced to Charudatta, a wealthy noble-man who has fallen on hard times; Vasantasena, a beautiful courtesan (nagarvadhu) who longs to marry Charudatta; and Samsthanaka, the evil brother in law of the King, who is determined to ‘conquer’ Vasantasena’s attention.
Nov 25, 2018 · Vasantasenā, carrying a casket of her jewellery, desperate to save her honour, enters into the house of Cārudatta, and using her presence of mind puts out the light with a blow of her flowing garments. Her active nature and intelligence shine out through this dramatic sequence in the play.
Sep 24, 2022 · Vasantasena was the synthesis of ethereal, mundane and heavenly virtues, bestowed by the dramatist Sudraka, in his play The Mricchakatika.
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Vasantasena is one of the most prominent characters found in Indian classical drama. Sudraka’s Mrichchakatika is a realistic presentation of characters in a unique story of love, loss and desire. The playwright goes beyond the usual conventions followed by traditional Indian dramatists.
