Shakuntala is a play by what Classical Sanskrit writer?
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Shakuntala (play) Shakuntala, also known as The Recognition of Shakuntala, The Sign of Shakuntala, and many other variants (Devanagari: अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम् – Abhijñānashākuntala), is a Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa, dramatizing the story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata. It is considered to be the best of Kālidāsa's works. Its date is uncertain, but Kālidāsa is often placed in the period between the 1st century BCE and 4th century CE.
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Kālidāsa Kālidāsa was a Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Indian Puranas.
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Prasna Marga Prasna Marga is a unique work on Hindu astrology, natal and horary ('Prashna' means 'Horary'), that appears to be a major classical text covering every aspect of human existence. It was written in Sanskrit Sloka – format in the year 1649 A.D. in a place called Edakad near Tellasseri in the present Indian State of Kerala, by Narayanan Nambutiri of Panakkattu house (a Namboodari Brahmin) of Kerala. The author himself wrote a brief commentary to his book with the name 'Durgamartha prakasini'. This work is known in English through the commentary written by Punnasseri Nambi Neelakantha Sarma, a disciple of Kerala Varma. All Parashari principles are briefly available in this classic, and about which principles it is claimed that one conversant with the six branches of Jyotisa will never err in predictions.
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Vrajlal Shastri Vrajlal Kalidas Shastri (Gujarati: વ્રજલાલ કાળિદાસ શાસ્ત્રી) is a pioneer of philology in Gujarati language and writer who wrote books on Gujarati language.
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Gopal Sharman Gopal Sharman (August 19, 1935 - June 16, 2016) was the author of 14 plays, three books, writer-director of scores of television programmes, many articles and columns, and is best known for his dramatic version of the great epic, "The Ramayana", written in English for the Royal Shakespeare Company of Great Britain, which subsequently has been presented on stage more than 2000 times to the highest acclaim in India and the theatre capitals of the West. Gopal Sharman was modern India's maverick artist par excellence! 80 million watched his TV series "India Alive". On Broadway, his epic play "The Ramayana" earned rave reviews. He composed his own music. The Akshara Theatre, situated on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, was constructed (including the furniture and lights) by him in the early 1970s. It is a hub of cultural activity in New Delhi and is studied by architecture students. His political satires pack a deadly punch and his poetry reminded President Radhakrishnan of the "Upanishads".
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T. Ganapati Sastri Mahamahopadhyaya T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī (1860–1926) was a Sanskrit scholar who was editor of the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, and discovered the plays of Bhasa. He was also the principal of the Sanskrit college for some time, around 1903.
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Ankia Naat Ankia Naats () are a class of one act plays performed in Assam, India. The invention of the Ankia Naat is usually attributed to the medieval saint and social reformer Srimanta Sankardeva. These plays were written in an artificial Assamese-Maithili mixed language called Brajavali and are primarily centered on Krishna. A particular presentation of an Ankia Naat is called a "Bhaona". The plays are usually combine live instruments and singers, dance and elaborate costumes in production.
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Swaminatha Athreya Swaminatha Athreya is a Vedic scholar and writer of Hindu divine literature.
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Shatyayaniya Upanishad The Shatyayaniya Upanishad (Sanskrit: शाट्यायनीय उपनिषत् , IAST: Śāṭyāyanīya Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text, composed about the start of 13th-century, and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads.
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Bhaskaracharya Tripathi Bhaskaracharya Tripathi, (Hindi: भास्कराचार्य त्रिपाठी ), is a Sanskrit poet who was the recipient of the 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his work Nirjharini.
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Vinayak Janardan Karandikar Vinayak Janardan Karandikar (Marathi: विनायक जनार्दन करंदीकर ; September 15, 1872 – March 30, 1909) was a major poet of the Marathi language of India. He is considered part of the early twentieth century renaissance in literature and poetry of the Marathi Language in the Indian state of Maharashtra due to his contribution to the revival of ancient poetry forms from Yadava Dynasty Maharashtra.
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Surya Upanishad The Surya Upanishad (Sanskrit: सूर्य उपनिषत् ), or Suryopanishad, is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit language. It is among the 31 Upanishads associated with the Atharvaveda, and one of the Samanya Upanishads.
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Sumathi Satakam Sumati Shatakam (Telugu: సుమతీ శతకము) is one of the most famous Telugu Shatakam. It is a neeti (moral) Shatakam.
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Shaunaka Shaunaka (Sanskrit: शौनक "śaunaka ") is the name applied to teachers, and to a Shakha of the Atharvaveda. It is especially the name of a celebrated Sanskrit grammarian, author of the Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya , the Bṛhaddevatā , the Caraṇa-vyūha and six Anukramaṇīs (indices) to the Rigveda. He is claimed as the teacher of Katyayana and especially of Ashvalayana, and is said to have united the Bashkala and Shakala Shakhas of the Rigveda. In legend, he is sometimes identified with Gritsamada, a Vedic Rishi. According to the Vishnu Purana, Shaunaka was the son of Gritsamada, and invented the system of the four levels of human life. Sootha mahaamuni narrated mythological stories to a group of sages headed by Shounaka mahaamuni.
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Manaveda Manaveda(Malayalam മാനവേദന്‍ (1585–1658 AD), the Zamorin Raja of Calicut in northern Kerala is renowned as author of Krishnanattam.It is a dance drama and presents the story of Krishna in a series of eight plays.
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Shakuntalam Telefilms Shakuntalam Telefilms is a production company for Indian television. It has produced many drama serials for Zee TV, Star Plus, Colors TV and Star One.
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Rajashekhara Rajashekhara (IAST: "Rājaśekhara " ; ) was an eminent Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic. He was the court poet of the Gurjara Pratiharas.
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Sanjaya Sanjaya (Sanskrit: संजय, meaning "victory") or Sanjaya Gavalgani is a character from the ancient Indian poetic epic "Mahābhārata".
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Madhav Prasad Ghimire Madhav Prasad Ghimire (Nepali: माधव प्रसाद घिमिरे ) (born September 23, 1919) is a Nepali poet. He is best known for Gauri, Malati Mangale, Himal Pari Himal Wari, Aswathama, Rajheswari and Shakuntala. He was honoured as the "Rashtra Kavi" (Poet of nation) of Nepal.
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Ratnavali Ratnavali is a Sanskrit drama about a beautiful princess named Ratnavali, and a great king named Udayana. It is attributed to the Indian emperor Harsha (606–648). It is a Natika in four acts. One of the first textual references to the celebration of Holi, the festival of Colours have been found in this text.
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Manoranjan Das Manoranjan Das (Odia: ମନୋରଞ୍ଜନ ଦାସ ) (10 March 1923 - 17 February 2013) was an influential Indian dramatist, and pioneer of modernism in Odia Literature. He was known for his experimentalism and deep socio-political awareness, who became most known in the 1960s with his experimental theatre.
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Kanaka Dasa Kanaka Dasa (Kannada: ಕನಕದಾಸ ) (1509 – 1609) was a poet, philosopher, musician and composer from modern Karnataka. He is known for his Kirtanes and Ugabhoga, compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music. Like other Haridasas, he used simple Kannada language and native metrical forms for his compositions.