Abhignanashakuntalam Nama Natakam

Description

This book was originally published first in Telugu script by वर्तमानतरङ्गिणी मुद्राक्षरशाला, चेन्नपुरी (Vartamaanatarangini Mudraksharashala, Chennapuri) in the year 1882.

Mrutyunjaya Nisshanka BhupAla was said to have belonged to Sangamavalasa Samsthanam, (सङ्गमवलससंस्थानम्) which is located near Vishakhapattanam and Parvatipuram of Andhra Pradesh. Nisshanka, with the help of his maternal uncle, went to Vishakhapattanam in his childhood and learnt many Shastras under a revered Scholar Mahamahopadhyaya Sriman Paravastu Venkata Rangacharyulu. He gained mastery over several languages like Sanskrit, Telugu, and English and also mastered the Shastras like Sahitya, Nyaya, Vyakarana in addition to Astrology, Medicine, Architecture, Music and some other arts. He was a great poet and commentator in both Telugu and Sanskrit. He wrote 10 Kavyas and one drama in Telugu.

Mrutyunjaya Nisshanka BhupAla in the beginning of PurNachandrika of Shakuntam made it clear that his commentary is to benefit the beginners – “सुखबोधाय बालानां क्रियते पूर्णचन्द्रिका”. He says that his commentary is free from any ambiguity and it is written in easy and understandable Sanskrit only to facilitate the learners. Studying carefully the whole commentary we have observed that Mrutyunjaya Nisshanka BhupAla has taken utmost care to explain the graceful language of Mahakavi Kalidasa. He quoted Koshas and Panini’s sutras abundantly in the commentary for the convenience of the learners.