Murari (author)

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The drama Anargharāghava is Murari (Murāri, Murári, मुरारि). The play is the only surviving work by him, but he may have written other pieces of poetry, for many stanzas attributed to him do not figure in Anargharāghava. (These stanzas may, of course, be attributed to him because of his fame.)
As is the case with most poets in Sanskrit, we know next to nothing about his life, and even his dates and his provenance are uncertain. It is commonly assumed that he came from Orissa, for he may refer to the procession of Puri in the prologue of the play, but it is questionable whether it is indeed the Puri festivities that are meant there. Moreover, even if he refers to the Puri procession, he may have come from a neighbouring territory such as Andra, where he has always been much revered. Judging from citations from his work and references to his person, he must have lived before the middle of the tenth century and certainly after Bhavabhuti, i.e., after the beginning of the eighth century. He gives his family (gotra) name in the prologue, but this information does not help us situate him with more certainty in time and place.

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  • Anargharāghavam with Sanskrit commentary and Hindi translation by Rāmacandra Miśra, Varanasi: Chowkhamba Vidya Bhawan, 1960.
  • Anargharāghava: Das Schauspiel vom kostbaren Raghuspross. Einführung und Übersetzung by Karin Steiner, Drama und Theater in Südasien, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997.
  • Rama Beyond Prise by Judit Törzsök, Clay Sanskrit Library, 2006.

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