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Svapnavasavadatta
Svapnavasavadatta, The Dream of Vasavadatta, is a Sanskrit play in six acts attributed to Bhasa. It tells how King Udayana of Vatsa, believing his queen Vasavadatta has died in a fire, is persuaded to marry a princess of Magadha for political reasons, while Vasavadatta lives in disguise beside him. It is the best known of the plays recovered in Kerala in 1912 and is still performed.
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