Mahabharata Inspired Works in Sanskrit

Mahabharata Inspired Works in Sanskrit

• Bhasa's Plays
  The great sanskrit dramatist Bhasa who lived before Kalidasa wrote many plays based on Mahabharata. Following is a list of those plays. Note that this is not a complete list of Bhasa's plays.
  1. Madhyamavyayogam
  2. Dutavakyam
  3. Karnabharam
  4. Pancaratram
  5. Dutaghatolkacam
  6. Urubhangam
  These were first published by T. Ganapati Sastrikal in 1921.

• Abijnana Sakuntala, Kalidasa , (play)

• Kiratarjuniya, Bharavi, (poem)(7th century)

• Sisupalavadha, Magha, (poem) (7th century)

• Venisamhara, Bhatta Narayana, (play) (8th century). Bhima is the hero.

• Dhvanyaloka, Anandavardhana, (poetics)(9th century)

• Locana, Abhinavagupta, (poetics)

  See Patrick Colm Hogan, Toward a cognitive science of poetics: Anandavardhana, Abhinavagupta, and the theory of literature

• Bharatamanjari, Ksemendra ,(poem)

• Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnayam , Madhva (1197-1276), (commentary)

• Bharata Bhava Dipa, Nilakantha ,(commentary)