The Sun God's Daughter and King Samvarana: Tapati-Samvaranam and the Kutiyattam Drama Tradition (Text with Vivarana Commentary).

• Author: GEROW, EDWIN
• Position: Review

The Sun God's Daughter and King Samvarana: Tapati-Samvaranam and the Kutiyattam Drama Tradition (Text with Vivarana Commentary). Edited by N. P UNNI and translated by BRUCE M. SULLIVAN and N. P. UNNI. Delhi: NAG PUBLISHERS, 1996. Pp. 320. Rs. 300.

The present work may serve as an introduction in depth to the Kutiyattam theatrical tradition, and to one of the most important plays in its repertoire, the Tapati-Samvaranam of King Kulasekhara Varman, composed circa 1100 A.D. Chapters one (on the playwright), six (the play in Devanagari), nine (eight?-- the commentary of Sivarama, in Devanagari), and ten (nine?--a brief note on the commentator) are by N. P. Unni, the well-known Sanskritist and student of Indian theatre; chapters two through five (on the religious and theatrical context of the play) are by Bruce M. Sullivan; chapter seven is the translation into English...