THE LITTLE CLAY CART
[ MṚCCHAKAṬIKA ]
A Hindu Drama
ATTRIBUTED TO KING SHŪDRAKA
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SANSKRIT AND PRĀKRITS
INTO ENGLISH PROSE AND VERSE
BY
ARTHUR WILLIAM RYDER, Ph.D.
INSTRUCTOR IN SANSKRIT IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Published by Harvard University
1905
TO MY FATHER
WILLIAM HENRY RYDER
CONTENTS
| NOTE BY THE EDITOR OF THE SERIES | ix | ||
| PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR | xi | ||
| INTRODUCTION | |||
| | THE AUTHOR AND THE PLAY | xv | |
| THE TRANSLATION | xxiii | ||
| AN OUTLINE OF THE PLOT | xxvi | ||
| DRAMATIS PERSONAE | xxx | ||
| TRANSLATION OF THE LITTLE CLAY CART | |||
| | PROLOGUE | 1 | |
| ACT I. | THE GEMS ARE LEFT BEHIND | 6 | |
| ACT II. | THE SHAMPOOER WHO GAMBLED | 27 | |
| ACT III. | THE HOLE IN THE WALL | 43 | |
| ACT IV. | MADANIKĀ AND SHARVILAKA | 57 | |
| ACT V. | THE STORM | 75 | |
| ACT VI. | THE SWAPPING OF THE BULLOCK-CARTS | 93 | |
| ACT VII. | ARYAKA'S ESCAPE | 105 | |
| ACT VIII. | THE STRANGLING OF VASANTASENĀ | 109 | |
| ACT IX. | THE TRIAL | 132 | |
| ACT X. | THE END | 153 | |
| EPILOGUE | 176 | ||
| DEPARTURES OF THE TRANSLATION FROM PARAB'S TEXT | 177 | ||
HARVARD ORIENTAL SERIES
EDITED
WITH THE COÖPERATION OF VARIOUS SCHOLARS
BY
CHARLES ROCKWELL LANMAN
WALES PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Volume Nine
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Published by Harvard University
1905
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This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.| Original: |
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| Translation: |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1927. The author died in 1938, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. |