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Rasarnava Sudhakara

14th century · 14th century

The Rasarnava Sudhakara is a Sanskrit treatise on dramaturgy and poetics attributed to Sarvajna Singabhupala, a Recherla Nayaka king of Rachakonda in the 14th century. It analyses rasa, the aesthetic emotion evoked by drama, together with characters, plot construction and the types of plays. It is one of the important later works in the Sanskrit tradition of dramatic theory.

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Recherla Nayakas

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