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Mālavikāgnimitram (Devnagari:मालविकाग्निमित्रम्, meaning Mālavikā and Agnimitra) is a Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. It is his first play.
The play tells the story of the love of King Agnimitra, the Shunga king of Vidisha [1], for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen. He falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant girl named Mālavikā. When the queen discovers her husband's passion for this girl, she becomes infuriated and has Mālavikā imprisoned, but as fate would have it, in the end she is discovered to be of royal birth and is accepted as one of his queens.
The play contains an account of the Rajasuya sacrifice performed by Pushyamitra, and an elaborate exposition of a theory on music and acting.
Further reading
- ., Kalidasa; (Tr. by Charles Henry Tawney) (1891). The Malavikágnimitra: A Sanskrit play by Kalidasa. Thacker, Spink and Company, Calcutta. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022967578#page/n9/mode/2up.
References
See also
Works by Kālidāsa Drama Poetry Categories:- Kālidāsa
- Sanskrit plays
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