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The Little Clay Cart, [ Mṛcchakaṭika ] (1905)
by Śūdraka, translated by Arthur William Ryder

Mṛcchakaṭikā (Sanskrit: मृच्छकटिका) is unusual among Sanskrit drama for presenting mundane events and everyday people, rather than a mythical story with noble characters.

This translation was published as Vol. 9 of the Harvard Oriental Series.

Śūdraka2489477The Little Clay Cart, [ Mṛcchakaṭika ]1905Arthur William Ryder

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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