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Vidushaka in Kutiyattam

Author: Pisharoti, K P Narayana

Keywords: Sanskrit drama
Theater

Issue Date: 1994

Publisher: Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

Description: In those Sanskrit dramas which predominantly deal with the theme of love, there is a Vidushaka who appears as a friend of the hero, and is responsible for the comicaction in the play. Kutiyattam is a mode of theatre belonging to Kerala. It is the enactment of Sanskrit drama and is held in the great temples of Kerala. In Kutiyattam, the Vidushaka has a prominent place and tries to bring about reform in the community, in a manner that is inconceivable to others.

Description: From Margi Souvenir. 1976, Trivandrum. Translated from Malayalam

Source: Sangeet Natak Akademi

Type: Article

Received From: Sangeet Natak Akademi


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Pisharoti, K P Narayana
dc.coverage.spatial Kerala
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-10T03:23:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-10T03:23:47Z
dc.description From Margi Souvenir. 1976, Trivandrum. Translated from Malayalam
dc.date.issued 1994
dc.description.abstract In those Sanskrit dramas which predominantly deal with the theme of love, there is a Vidushaka who appears as a friend of the hero, and is responsible for the comicaction in the play. Kutiyattam is a mode of theatre belonging to Kerala. It is the enactment of Sanskrit drama and is held in the great temples of Kerala. In Kutiyattam, the Vidushaka has a prominent place and tries to bring about reform in the community, in a manner that is inconceivable to others.
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent 63-66 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject Sanskrit drama
Theater
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.issuenumber 111-114
dc.format.medium text
dc.contributor.translator Gopalakrishnan, Sudha
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Pisharoti, K P Narayana
dc.coverage.spatial Kerala
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-10T03:23:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-10T03:23:47Z
dc.description From Margi Souvenir. 1976, Trivandrum. Translated from Malayalam
dc.date.issued 1994
dc.description.abstract In those Sanskrit dramas which predominantly deal with the theme of love, there is a Vidushaka who appears as a friend of the hero, and is responsible for the comicaction in the play. Kutiyattam is a mode of theatre belonging to Kerala. It is the enactment of Sanskrit drama and is held in the great temples of Kerala. In Kutiyattam, the Vidushaka has a prominent place and tries to bring about reform in the community, in a manner that is inconceivable to others.
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent 63-66 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject Sanskrit drama
Theater
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.issuenumber 111-114
dc.format.medium text
dc.contributor.translator Gopalakrishnan, Sudha