List of Sanskrit plays in English translation

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Template:Multiple image Of around 155 extant Sanskrit plays,Template:Efn at least 46 distinct plays by at least 24 authors have been translated into English. William Jones published the first English translation of any Sanskrit play (Shakuntala) in 1789. About 3 decades later, Horace Hayman Wilson published the first major English survey of Sanskrit drama, including 6 full translations (Mṛcchakatika, Vikramōrvaśīyam, Uttararamacarita, Malatimadhava, Mudrarakshasa, and Ratnavali). These 7 plays — plus Nagananda, Mālavikāgnimitram, and Svapnavasavadattam (the text of which was not discovered until almost a century after Wilson's volumes) — remain the most-translated plays.

The period of Sanskrit dramas in India begins roughly with the composition of the Natya Shastra (c. 200 BCE – 200 CE) — though this treatise evidences a mature theatrical practice already in existence. Literarily, the period dwindles around the composition of the Natya Shatra's influential abridgment: Dasharupakam (late 10th century CE) — though derivative works continued to be written. "Sanskrit drama" typically contains a mix of Sanskrit and Prakrit though, for example, Bhāsa's Dūtavākya contains no Prakrit,Template:Sfn and Rajashekhara's Karpuramanjari is written entirely in Prakrit.Template:Sfn Template:TOC limit

List of translations

Key

  • Published as — The titles of the English translations, with links to their full bibliographic entries.
  • Year — The year of the translation's first publication. However, revised editions are frequently cited in the bibliography.

Fragmentary passages are not considered here, nor are modern dramas written in Sanskrit.

Table

Author Sanskrit Title Acts Published as Translator Year
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref William Jones 1789
Krsna Misra Prabodhacandrodaya 6 Template:Citeref J. Taylor 1812
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Nabin Chandra Vidyaratna 1822
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Horace Hayman Wilson 1827
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Horace Hayman Wilson 1827
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref Horace Hayman Wilson 1827
Bhavabhūti Malatimadhava 10 Template:Citeref Horace Hayman Wilson 1827
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref Horace Hayman Wilson 1827
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Horace Hayman Wilson 1827
Subhata Mahanataka 9 Template:Citeref Maharaja Kalikrishna Bahadur 1840
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref E. B. Cowell 1851
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Monier Monier-Williams 1855
Bhavabhūti Mahaviracharita 7 Template:Citeref John Pickford 1871
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref Charles Henry Tawney 1871
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Palmer Boyd 1872
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Charles Henry Tawney 1875
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Gopal Raghunatha Nandargikar 1879
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref Sourindra Mohun Tagore 1880
Rajashekhara Viddhasalabhanjika 4 Template:Citeref Kesava Ravaji Godabole 1886
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Anonymous 1887
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref Krishna Kamal Bhattacharya 1891
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref August Hjalmar Edgren 1894
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref S. Seshadri Ayyar 1896
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref V. S. Apte 1897
Bāṇabhaṭṭa Parvati Parinaya 5 Template:Citeref G. R. Ratnam Aiyar 1898
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1898
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1898
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Kesava Balakrishna Paranjpe 1898
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref K. H. Dhruva 1900
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1900
Rajashekhara Karpuramanjari 4 Template:Citeref Charles Rockwell Lanman 1901
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Srīsachandra Chakravartī 1902
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Bidhubhusan Goswami? 1902
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref J. G. Jennings 1902
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Paraṣurāma Nārāyana Patankar 1902
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref R. Vasudeva Row 1903
Harihara Bhartrharinirveda 5 Template:Citeref Louis H. Gray 1904
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Arthur W. Ryder 1905
Rajashekhara Viddhasalabhanjika 4 Template:Citeref Louis H. Gray 1906
Bhavabhūti Malatimadhava 10 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1908
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref T. V. Srinivasachariar 1908
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref S. Ray & K. Ray 1908
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1910
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1911
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref B. Hale Worthham 1911
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Aurobindo Ghosh 1911
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Arthur W. Ryder 1912
Subhata Dūtāṅgada 1 Template:Citeref Louis H. Gray 1912
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Śrî Ānanda Āchārya 1914
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref Shripad Krishna Belvalkar 1915
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Arthur W. Ryder 1915
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Roby Datta 1915
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref Shastri & Abhyanker 1916
Vedanta Desika Sankalpa-suryodayam 10 Template:Citeref Narayanacharya & Iyengar 1917
Umāpati Upādhyāya Parijataharana 1 Template:Citeref George Grierson 1917
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref Shirreff & Lall 1918
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref S. Ray & K. Ray 1918
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1919
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarkar 1919
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Nerurkar & Joshi 1919
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref S. Ray & K. Ray 1919
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref S. C. Chakravarti 1919
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref Jain & Shastri 1920
Bhāsa Pancaratram 3 Template:Citeref Waman Gopal Urdhwareshe 1920
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Laurence Binyon 1920
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref A. B. Gajendragadkar 1920
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarkar 1920
Bhāsa Madhyamavyayoga 1 Template:Citeref Ernest Paxton Janvier 1921
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1921
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref K. N. Dravid 1922
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref A. B. Gajendragadkar 1922
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref V. S. Sukthankar 1923
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref Nariman, Jackson & Ogden 1923
Bhāsa Avimaraka 6 Template:Citeref, Template:Citeref, Template:Citeref K. Rama Pisharoti 1924
Bhāsa Duta-Ghatotkacam 1 Template:Citeref K. Rama Pisharoti 1924
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref S. Ray & K. Ray 1924
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1924
Umāpati Upādhyāya Traivikramam 1 Template:Citeref K. Rama Pisharoti 1924
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref Lakshman Sarup 1925
Bhāsa Dutuvakyam 1 Template:Citeref Dharmasila Jayaswal 1925
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1925
Vararuchi Ubhayābhisārika 1 Template:Citeref Sukumar Sen 1926
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1927
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref Shivaram Mahadeo Pranjape 1927
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref Kangle & Trivedi 1927
Sakthibhadran Āścaryacūḍāmaṇi 7 Template:Citeref C. Sankarama Sastri 1927
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1928
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref N.G. Suru 1928
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1929
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref C. N. Joshi 1929
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Charu Deva Shastri 1929
Bhāsa Abhisheka-natakam 6 Template:Citeref V. Venkatarama Shastri 1930
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1930
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref A. S. Krishna Rao 1930
Mahendravarman Mattavilasa Prahasana 1 Template:Citeref L. D. Barnett 1930
Bhāsa Pratijnayaugandharayana 4 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1930
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1930
Bhāsa Daridra-Carudattam 4 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1930
Bhāsa Pancaratram 3 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1930
Bhāsa Madhyamavyayoga 1 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1930
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1930
Bhāsa Dutuvakyam 1 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Bhāsa Duta-Ghatotkacam 1 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Bhāsa Karnabharam 1 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Bhāsa Urubhanga 1 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Bhāsa Avimaraka 6 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Bhāsa Bala-caritam 5 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Bhāsa Abhisheka-natakam 6 Template:Citeref Woolner & Sarup 1931
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Ramendra Mohan Bose 1931
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Śaṅkararāma Śāstrī 1932
Diṇnāga Kundamālā 6 Template:Citeref Bhanot & Vyas 1932
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref M. R. Kāle 1933
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarakar 1933
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Shastri & Shastri 1933
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref P. V. Ramanujaswami 1934
Bhāsa Abhisheka-natakam 6 Template:Citeref, Template:Citeref K. Rama Pisharoti 1935
Bhavabhūti Malatimadhava 10 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarkar 1935
Bhavabhūti Malatimadhava 10 Template:Citeref Devadhar & Suru 1935
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Śaṅkararāma Śāstrī 1935
Diṇnāga Kundamālā 6 Template:Citeref A. C. Woolner 1935
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref S. K. Mitra 1936
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref Satyendra Nath Sen 1937
Bhāsa Urubhanga 1 Template:Citeref Kailash Nath Bhatnagar 1937
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarakar 1937
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Vasudeva Gopala Paranjpe 1937
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Revilo P. Oliver 1938
Bhāsa Pratijnayaugandharayana 4 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1939
Bhāsa Daridra-Carudattam 4 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1939
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Bhattacharya & Das 1939
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Satyendra Kumar Basu 1939
Bhāsa Pratijnayaugandharayana 4 Template:Citeref S. N. Simha 1940
Bhāsa Urubhanga 1 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1940
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarakar 1940
Bhāsa Pratijnayaugandharayana 4 Template:Citeref A. S. P. Ayyar 1941
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref A. S. P. Ayyar 1941
Bhāsa Karnabharam 1 Template:Citeref B. V. Hariyappa 1941
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref S. Ray & K. Ray 1942
Bhāsa Pancaratram 3 Template:Citeref Anonymous 1943
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref R. S. Venkatarama Sastri 1943
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref Śaṅkararāma Śāstrī 1943
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref Gore & Mehendale 1944
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref Ranjit Sitaram Pandit 1944
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Bela Bose 1945
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Bela Bose 1945
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Bela Bose 1945
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1946
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Bela Bose 1948
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref Bela Bose 1948
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Bela Bose 1948
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref P. V. Ramanujaswami 1948
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Athalye & Bhawe 1948
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref Devadhar & Bedekar 1948
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref S. Ray & K. Ray 1949
Bhāsa Pratima-natakam 7 Template:Citeref Anonymous 1950
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Gaidhani, Mangrulkar & Parikh 1950
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Sane, Godbole & Uresekar 1950
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Śatāvadhāna Śrīnivāsācārya 1950
Anonymous Kaumudi-Mahotsava 5 Template:Citeref S. R. Shastri 1952
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref R. R. Deshpande 1953
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa Veni Samhara 6 Template:Citeref G. V. Devasthali 1953
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref M. A. Karandikar 1953
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Toraskar & Deshpande 1953
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Joshi & Watwe 1953
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref R. D. Karmarkar 1954
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref R. N. Gaidhani 1955
Shudraka Padmaprabhritaka 1 Template:Citeref J. R. A. Loman 1956
Bhāsa Karnabharam 1 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1957
Bhāsa Madhyamavyayoga 1 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1957
Bhāsa Duta-Ghatotkacam 1 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1957
Bhāsa Dutuvakyam 1 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1957
Bhāsa Pancaratram 3 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1957
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1958
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1958
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref C. R. Devadhar 1958
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref M. B. Emeneau 1962
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref P. Lal 1964
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref P. Lal 1964
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref P. Lal 1964
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadattam 6 Template:Citeref P. Lal 1964
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref P. Lal 1964
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref P. Lal 1964
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref J. A. B. van Buitenen 1968
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref J. A. B. van Buitenen 1968
Baudhāyana Bhagavadajjukam 1 Template:Citeref J. A. B. van Buitenen 1971
Śyāmilaka Pādatāḍitaka 1 Template:Citeref Schokker & Worseley 1976
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Michael Coulson 1981
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref Michael Coulson 1981
Bhavabhūti Malatimadhava 10 Template:Citeref Michael Coulson 1981
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Barbara Stoler Miller 1984
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref David Gitomer 1984
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Edwin Gerow 1984
Bhāsa Madhyamavyayoga 1 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 1993
Bhāsa Pancaratram 3 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 1993
Bhāsa Dutuvakyam 1 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 1993
Bhāsa Duta-Ghatotkacam 1 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 1993
Bhāsa Karnabharam 1 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 1993
Bhāsa Urubhanga 1 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 1993
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Chandra Rajan 2002
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Chandra Rajan 2002
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Chandra Rajan 2002
Jayanta Bhatta Āgamaḍambara 4 Template:Citeref Csaba Dezső 2005
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa 7 Template:Citeref Michael Coulson 2005
Harsha Ratnavali 4 Template:Citeref Wendy Doniger 2006
Harsha Priyadarśikā 4 Template:Citeref Wendy Doniger 2006
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref Somadeva Vasudeva 2006
Murāri Anargharāghava ? Template:Citeref Judit Törzsök 2006
Bhavabhūti Uttararamacarita 7 Template:Citeref Sheldon I. Pollock 2007
Kālidāsa Abhijñāna Śākuntalam 7 Template:Citeref W. J. Johnson 2008
Harsha Nagananda 5 Template:Citeref Andrew Skilton 2009
Bhāsa Urubhanga 1 Template:Citeref Andrew Skilton 2009
Kālidāsa Mālavikāgnimitram 5 Template:Citeref Balogh & Somogyi 2009
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref Rao & Shulman 2009
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Diwakar Acharya 2009
Krsna Misra Prabodhacandrodaya 6 Template:Citeref Matthew Kapstein 2009
Śyāmilaka Pādatāḍitaka 1 Template:Citeref Dezső & Vasudeva 2009
Vararuchi Ubhayābhisārika 1 Template:Citeref Dezső & Vasudeva 2009
Shudraka Padmaprabhritaka 1 Template:Citeref Dezső & Vasudeva 2009
Īśvaradatta Dhūrtavitasaṃvāda 1 Template:Citeref Dezső & Vasudeva 2009
Shudraka Mṛcchakatika 10 Template:Citeref Padmini Rajappa 2018
Kālidāsa Vikramōrvaśīyam 5 Template:Citeref A. N. D. Haksar 2021

Notes and references

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References

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Translations

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Anonymous

  • Kaumudī Mahotsava{{#if:Anonymous|, Anonymous}(1952)

Bāṇabhaṭṭa

  • The Parvati Parinaya of Banabhatta{{#if:Bāṇabhaṭṭa|, Bāṇabhaṭṭa}. L.V. Ramachandra Iyer(1898)

Baudhāyana

Bhāsa

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  • Karṇabhāram{{#if:Bhāsa|, Bhāsa}. Oriental Book Agency(1957d)
  • Dūtaghaṭotkacam{{#if:Bhāsa|, Bhāsa}. Oriental Book Agency(1957e)
  • Bhasa's Swapnavasavadattam{{#if:Bhāsa|, Bhāsa}. K. Ray(1961)
  • The Shattered Thigh and the Other Mahābhārata Plays of Bhasa{{#if:Bhāsa|, Bhāsa}. Penguin Books India(1993). ISBN 9780140178371

Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa

  • Veṉí-sanhára Nátaka; or, The Binding of the Braid{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. The Translator(1880)
  • The Venị̂samhâra of Bhaṭṭa Nârâyana{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. Oriental Publishing Company(1910)
  • Veṇīsaṃhāra: A Sanskrit Drama in Six Acts{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. Oriental Book-supplying Agency(1922)
  • The Venisamhara of Bhatta Narayana{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. Aryabhushan Press(1933)
  • The Venisamhara of Bhatta Narayana{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. Malati Trades(1943a)
  • Veṇīsaṃhāram{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}(1943b)
  • Veṇīsaṃhāram{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. Dadar Book Depot(1953a)
  • Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa's Veṇīsaṃhāram{{#if:Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa|, Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa}. Book-sellers Publishing Co.(1953b)

Bhavabhūti

  • Maha-vira-charita: The Adventures of the Great Hero Rama{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Trübner(1871)
  • Uttara Ráma Charita: A Sanskrit Drama{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Thacker, Spink(1874)
  • An English Translation of Uttararama Charita{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Kedar Nath Bose(1891)
  • Uttararamacharita{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Gopal Narayan & Co.(1911)
  • Rama's Later History; or, Uttara-Drama Charita; An Ancient Hindu Drama{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Harvard University Press(1915)
  • Mālatīmādhavam{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. C.R. Devadhar and N.G. Suru(1935)
  • Uttararāmacarita of Bhavabhūti{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. K.G. Sharangpani(1954)
  • Uttaramcharitam Of Bhavabhuti{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Motilal Banarsidass(1962)
  • Bhavabhuti's Uttaracharitam{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. S. Ray(1966)
  • Bhavabhūti's Mālatīmādhava{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Motilal Banarsidass(1967)
  • Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan(2003). ISBN 9788170841807
  • Rama's Last Act{{#if:Bhavabhūti|, Bhavabhūti}. New York University Press(2007). ISBN 978-0-8147-6733-7

Diṇnāga

  • The Jasmine Garland{{#if:Diṇnāga|, Diṇnāga}. Oxford University Press(1935)
  • Kundamālā Of Diṇnāga{{#if:Diṇnāga|, Diṇnāga}. Oriental Booksellers(1937)

Harihara

  • The Bhartrharinirveda of Harihara, Now First Translated from the Sanskrit and Prākrit. Journal of the American Oriental Society({Template:Date).

Harsha

  • Nágánanda; or The Joy of the Snake-world{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Trübner(1872)
  • Nagananda{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Nundo Lall Chatterjee(1887)
  • The Ratnavali of Sriharsha Deva{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Kedarnath Bose(1902a)
  • The Ratnavali: A Sanskrit Drama{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Hari Ram Dhar(1902b)
  • Priyadarsika{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Oriental Press(1908)
  • The Buddhist Legend of Jîmûtavâhana [...] dramatized in the Nâgânanda (the Joy of the World of Serpents){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(1911)
  • The Nagananda{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Standard Publishing Co.(1919a)
  • Nāgānanda of Shri Harsha{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Keshav Bhikaji Dhavale(1919b)
  • Nâgânanda{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Chitra Shala Press(1919c)
  • The Ratnavali{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Standard Publishing Co.(1921)
  • Sriharsha's Ratnavali{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Manoranjan Ray(1922)
  • Priyadarśikā: a Sanskrit Drama{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Columbia University Press(1923)
  • The Priyadarsika{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Gopal Narayan and Co.(1928a)
  • Priyadarśikā{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. N.G. Suru(1928b)
  • Ratnāvalī: A Sanskrit Play by Śrī Harṣa Deva{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Sri Balamanorama Press(1935)
  • Ratnavali of Emperor Shri Harsha{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Modern Book Agency(1939)
  • Nāgānanda of Harṣa Deva{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Sri Balamanorama(1947)
  • Priyadarsika{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Ramaswamy Sastrul(1948a)
  • The Dramas of Shrí Harsha{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Ketabistan(1948b)
  • Sri Harsha's Nâgânanda{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Sastrulu(1950)
  • Ratnavali: A Sanskrit Drama{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Vasant Vihar(1953a)
  • The Nāgānanda Of Srīharṣa{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. New and Second Hand Book Stall(1953b)
  • Nāgānand of Harshadev{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Bookseller's Publishing Co.(1953c)
  • Ratnavali of Sri Harsa{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. Poona Oriental Book House(1954)
  • The Ratnavali of Sri Harsa-Deva{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. A.A. Kulkarni(1955)
  • The Lady of the Jewel Necklace; and, The Lady who Shows her Love{{#if:Harsha|, Harsha}. New York University Press(2006). ISBN 978-0-8147-1996-1

Jayanta Bhatta

  • Much Ado About Religion{{#if:Jayanta Bhatta|, Jayanta Bhatta}. New York University Press(2005). ISBN 978-0-8147-1979-4

Kālidāsa

  • Sacontalá; or, The Fatal Ring{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Edwards(1792)
  • Kalidasa's Abhijnana Sakuntalam{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. S. C. Bhattacharjya(1822)
  • Vikramorvaśí{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Stephen Austin(1851)
  • Śakoontalá; or, The Lost Ring: An Indian Drama{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Stephen Austin(1855)
  • Mālavikāgnimitra, a Sanskrit Drama{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Shivaji Press(1879)
  • The Malavikágnimitra{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Thacker, Spink(1891)
  • Shakuntala; or, The Recovered Ring; a Hindoo Drama{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Henry Holt(1894)
  • The Malavikagnimitra Of Kalidasa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Dyan Prakash Press(1896)
  • The Mâlavikâgnimitram{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Vrttaprasaraka Press(1897)
  • Vikramorvasíyam{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Native Opinion Press(1898)
  • Sakuntala: A Play in Five Acts{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Indian Press(1902a)
  • The Abhijnânaŝakuntala, the Purer Devanagari Text{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Shiralkar(1902b)
  • Sakuntala{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}(1903)
  • Vikramorvasie; or, The Hero and the Nymph{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. R. Chatterjee(1911)
  • Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. J. M. Dent & Sons(1912)
  • Vikramorvaśî: an Indian drama{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Francis Griffiths(1914)
  • The Vikramorvasiya{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. The Oriental Publishing Company(1915a)
  • Malavika: A Five-Act Comedy of Kalidasa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. California University Press(1915b)
  • Sakuntala and her Keepsake{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Das Gupta(1915c)
  • Sakuntala{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Macmillan(1920a)
  • Vikramorvaśîya{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Chitra Shala Press(1920b)
  • The Abhijñāna-Sākuntala{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Standard Pub. Co.(1920c)
  • Vikramorvasiya Nataka{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Shamsher Singh(1929)
  • The Mālavikāgnimitra of Kālidāsa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu & Sons(1930)
  • The Malvikagnimitra of Kalidasa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Shamsher Singh(1933a)
  • Mālavikāgnimitra of Kālidāsa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}(1933b)
  • The Dramas Of Kalidasa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Kitabistan(1945)
  • Abhijnana Sakuntalam{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Nalanda Press(1946)
  • The Vikramorvaśīyam{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Dhawale(1948)
  • The Malavikagnimatra of Kalidasa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Book Seller's Publishing(1950a)
  • The Malavikagnimiytra{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Popular Book Store(1950b)
  • Abhijnana-Sakuntalam{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu & Sons(1950c)
  • Kalidasa: Abhijñāna-śākuntalam: A Synthetic Study{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Modern Book Agency(1950d)
  • Works Of Kalidasa Vol. 1: Dramas{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Motilal Banardisass(1958)
  • The Malavikāgnimitram of Kālidāsa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. A.R. Sheth(1960)
  • Abhijn̄āna-Sakuntala{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. University of California Press(1962)
  • Abhijnānaśākuntalam{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Motilal Banarsidass(1969)
  • Theater of Memory: the plays of Kālidāsa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Columbia University Press(1984). ISBN 978-0231058384
  • The Complete Works of Kālidāsa{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Sahitya Akademi(2002). ISBN 978-8126014842
  • The Loom of Time: A selection of his plays and poems{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Penguin Books(2006a). ISBN 978-0140455212
  • The Recognition of Shakúntala{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. New York University Press(2006b). ISBN 978-0-8147-8815-8
  • The Recognition of Śakuntalā: a play in seven acts{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. Oxford University Press(2008). ISBN 978-0199540600
  • How Úrvashi was Won{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. New York University Press(2009a). ISBN 978-0-8147-4111-5
  • Mālavikā and Agnimitra{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. New York University Press(2009b). ISBN 978-0-8147-8702-1
  • Vikramorvashiyam: Quest for Urvashi{{#if:Kālidāsa|, Kālidāsa}. India Penguin Classics(2021). ISBN 978-0670093632

Krsna Misra

  • Prabod'h Chandro'daya; or The Moon of Intellect; an allegorical drama; and Atma Bod'h, or the Knowledge of Spirit{{#if:Krsna Misra|, Krsna Misra}. Longman(1812)
  • The Rise of Wisdom Moon{{#if:Krsna Misra|, Krsna Misra}. New York University Press(2009). ISBN 978-0-8147-4838-1

Mahendravarman

  • Matta-vilāsa: A Farce. Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London({Template:Date).

Murāri

  • Rāma Beyond Price{{#if:Murāri|, Murāri}. New York University Press(2006). ISBN 978-0814782958

Rajashekhara

  • The Viddhasâlabhanjikâ{{#if:Rajashekhara|, Rajashekhara}. Arya Bhusana Press(1886)
  • Rāja-çekhara's Karpūra-mañjarī{{#if:Rajashekhara|, Rajashekhara}. Harvard University(1901)
  • The Viddhaśālabhañjikā of Rājaśekhara. Journal of the American Oriental Society({Template:Date).

Sakthibhadran

  • The Wonderful Crest-jewel{{#if:Sakthibhadran|, Sakthibhadran}. Sri Balamanorama Press(1927)

Subhata

  • A Dramatic History Of King Rama{{#if:Subhata|, Subhata}. Columbian Press(1840)
  • The Dūtāṅgada of Subhaṭa, Now First Translated from the Sanskrit and Prākrit. Journal of the American Oriental Society({Template:Date).

Shudraka

  • The Little Clay Cart (Mṛcchakaṭika){{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. Harvard University(1905)
  • The Toy-cart of Clay{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. V.G. Paranjpe(1937a)
  • Mrcchakatika Of Śūdraka{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. Aryabhushan Press(1937b)
  • Mrcchakatikā: The Little Clay Cart: a drama in ten acts{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. University of Illinois Press(1938)
  • The Little Clay Cart: a play in ten acts by King Shudraka{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}(1939)
  • The Padmaprābhṛtakam: an ancient bhāna assigned to Śūdraka{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. Uitgeverij de Driehoek(1956)
  • The Mrichchhakatika of Sudraka{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. Booksellers Publishing Co.(1962)
  • The Little Clay Cart{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. New York University Press(2009). ISBN 978-0-8147-0729-6
  • The Clay Toy-Cart: Mrchchakatikam{{#if:Shudraka|, Shudraka}. India Penguin Classics(2018). ISBN 978-0143428473

Śyāmilaka

  • Pādatāḍitaka of Śyāmilaka{{#if:Śyāmilaka|, Śyāmilaka}. Springer Netherlands(1976). ISBN 978-9027704252

Umāpati Upādhyāya

Vararuchi

Vedanta Desika

  • Sankalpa-Sûryôdaya, or The Dawn of the Divine Will{{#if:Desika|, Desika}. Sri Vani Vilas Press(1917)

Vishakhadatta

  • The Mudrarakshasa{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. The Oriental Publishing Company(1916a)
  • Mudrarakshasa{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. Nandlal C. Bodiwala(1916b)
  • The Mudra-rakshasa: a Sanskrit drama{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. Bhattacharyya & Son(1919)
  • Mudrarakshasa; or The Signet Ring{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. Oriental Book Agency(1930)
  • Mudrārāksasa of Viśākhadatta{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}(1940)
  • Mudrā-rākshasa; or, The Signet Ring, a play in seven acts{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. New Book Co.(1944)
  • Mudrārākṣasam of Viśākha-Datta{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. Keshav Bhikaji Dhawale(1948)
  • Visakhadatta's Mudra-Rakshasam{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. Nalanda Press(1956)
  • Rākṣasa's Ring{{#if:Vishakhadatta|, Vishakhadatta}. New York University Press(2005). ISBN 978-0-8147-1661-8

Multiple authors

  • Two Plays of Ancient India{{#if:Buitenen|, Buitenen}. Columbia University Press(1968). ISBN 9780231030465
  • Three Sanskrit Plays: Śakuntalā by Kālidása; Rākshasa's Ring by Viśākhadatta; Mālati and Mādhava by Bhavabhūti{{#if:Coulson|, Coulson}. Penguin Books(1981). ISBN 978-0140443745
  • The Quartet of Causeries{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. New York University Press(2009). ISBN 978-0-8147-1978-7
  • Great Sanskrit Plays{{#if:Lal|, Lal}. New Directions(1964). ISBN 978-0811200790
  • How the Nāgas were Pleased by Harsha; & The Shattered Thighs by Bhāsa{{#if:Skilton|, Skilton}. New York University Press(2009). ISBN 978-0-8147-4066-8
  • Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus{{#if:Wilson|, Wilson}. Parbury, Allen(1835a)
  • Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus{{#if:Wilson|, Wilson}. Parbury, Allen(1835b)

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Other references

  • The Sanskrit Drama in its origin, development, theory & practice{{#if:Keith|, Keith}. Clarendon Press(1924)
  • A Bibliography of English Translations of Sanskrit Dramas. Indian Literature({Template:Date).
  • A Bibliography of the Sanskrit Drama{{#if:Schuyler|, Schuyler}. Asian Educational Services(1991). ISBN 978-81-206-0073-7
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