Question

Do you think that an ancient text such as Meichchhakatika is relevant to us? Give reasons to support your answer.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Mrcchakatika is a love story and a political satire. A play more ancient than the equally famous Shakuntala, it remains one of India’s most enduring works, one still widely performed in various formats and versions. The main storyline of Mrcchakatika, with its ten acts and thirty characters, runs thus:

Mrcchakatika is a love story and a political satire. A play more ancient than the equally famous Shakuntala, it remains one of India’s most enduring works, one still widely performed in various formats and versions. The main storyline of Mrcchakatika, with its ten acts and thirty characters, runs thus:Charudatta is a noble, impoverished Brahmin. One night, the courtesan Vasantasena on the run from the evil Sansthanaka, seeks refuge in Charudatta’s house. She leaves her jewels (and, evidently, her heart) there. The jewels are later stolen by the thief Sharvilaka who is in love with Vasantasena’s attendant and needs them to secure the latter’s freedom.

Mrcchakatika is a love story and a political satire. A play more ancient than the equally famous Shakuntala, it remains one of India’s most enduring works, one still widely performed in various formats and versions. The main storyline of Mrcchakatika, with its ten acts and thirty characters, runs thus:Charudatta is a noble, impoverished Brahmin. One night, the courtesan Vasantasena on the run from the evil Sansthanaka, seeks refuge in Charudatta’s house. She leaves her jewels (and, evidently, her heart) there. The jewels are later stolen by the thief Sharvilaka who is in love with Vasantasena’s attendant and needs them to secure the latter’s freedom.As the theft is discovered, Charudatta’s wife offers her own pearl necklace. Vasantasena returns to his house, ostensibly to return the ratnamala but with the hope of seeing him again. Predictably, it is a dark and stormy night. The next morning, she meets Charudatta’s young son, Rohasena. Moved by his fervent childish desire to own a gold cart (the cart that gives the play its name), quite like his playmate’s, Vasantasena fills it with her own jewellery.

Mrcchakatika is a love story and a political satire. A play more ancient than the equally famous Shakuntala, it remains one of India’s most enduring works, one still widely performed in various formats and versions. The main storyline of Mrcchakatika, with its ten acts and thirty characters, runs thus:Charudatta is a noble, impoverished Brahmin. One night, the courtesan Vasantasena on the run from the evil Sansthanaka, seeks refuge in Charudatta’s house. She leaves her jewels (and, evidently, her heart) there. The jewels are later stolen by the thief Sharvilaka who is in love with Vasantasena’s attendant and needs them to secure the latter’s freedom.As the theft is discovered, Charudatta’s wife offers her own pearl necklace. Vasantasena returns to his house, ostensibly to return the ratnamala but with the hope of seeing him again. Predictably, it is a dark and stormy night. The next morning, she meets Charudatta’s young son, Rohasena. Moved by his fervent childish desire to own a gold cart (the cart that gives the play its name), quite like his playmate’s, Vasantasena fills it with her own jewellery.It is this jewellery that will implicate Charudatta in Vasantasena’s murder (actually committed by Sansthanaka). But along with all this, there is political upheaval, a trial and then the sensational last act – when Vasantasena is miraculously resuscitated by a masseur turned monk whom Charudatta had once helped.

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