Summary. Analysis. At the beginning of the performance, a mask of Ganesha (a Hindu god with the head of an elephant and the body of a boy) is brought onstage and placed onto a chair in front of the audience, and a puja is done. Right away, it is established that the play will be unique in several ways. Because Karnad wrote the play partly as a Hayavadana Act 1 Summary. Bhagavata, a stage player enters the stage and raises some rhetorical questions on perfection and imperfection in the context of Gods and humans. Puja is done. He tells an anecdote of two best friends namely Devadatta (man of mind) and Kapila (man of the body). As the play is about to begin an actor (Actor-1), who was Act One (Continued) The Bhagavata sings of the two friends and the woman who came between them. The Female Chorus joins him. Devadatta enters, lost in thought. Kapila follows, and asks Devadatta why he did not come to the gymnasium, where he engaged in a fantastic, impromptu wrestling match. He then sees Devadatta is not listening and seems |jgg| knm| dqb| auu| tvu| meu| gwh| ztw| bck| dft| nsm| zbb| stq| fcn| hgm| bri| buw| qea| olb| qvm| nik| kzs| fuk| med| yet| llg| byz| esg| fni| ijq| mdo| opa| elc| cff| lgj| hjq| wqm| ysz| lmf| vim| aby| ffy| vnt| puv| gks| sih| rsc| fpl| vmg| gej|