Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

p. 70) ; and ( ) the presentation of Ja0.yu's death on the stage in the fourth act of the CfidAmani and that of Valin in the first act of the Abhiseka. [...] Similarly the author of the Pratima whoever he may be takes his materials for the play of the Abhiseka also from the Ramayana; but the portion occupied by the former is not repeated in but is quite distinct from the portion of the latter. [...] (1) The Nandi verse of the Cudamani of Saktibhadra is a long and elaborate verse of the sragdhard metre and as such it is not of the same sort with the first verses of the so-called Bhasa plays. [...] (2) Although the word sthapand is used for Prastdvanrz still the &ha-pana of the Caclamani is more like the lengthy prologues of some of the modern dramas of Bhavabhati and Sriharsa than the short and succinct Sthapanas of the so-called Bhasa plays. [...] from the collection and on examining the same it is seen that the K. or N. title of the poem has altogether disappeared here; the cora' part of the nOrthern title has identified itself with the name of the author while the real author's name is incorporated in the southern title.