MALATI AND MADHAVA, OR THE STOLEN MARRIA

Excerpt from Malati and Madhava, or the Stolen Marriage: A Drama, Translated From the Original Sanskrit The date thus given tothe compositions of Bhavabhuti is quite in harmony with their internal evidence. The manners are. Purely Hindu without any foreign admixture. The appearance of women of rank in public, and their exemption from any personal restraint in their own habitations, are very incompatible with the presence of Mohammedan rulers. The licensed, existence of Bauddha ascetics, their access to the great,' and their employment as teachers of science, are other peculiarities charac teristic of an early date, whilst the worship of Siva in his terrific forms, and the prevalence of the practices of the Yoga, are indications of asimilar tendency. The Linga worship of Siva, we know, was every where the predominant/form of the Hindu faith when the Mohamedans first invaded India. With respect to the Yogins; by whom mystical rites were mostly cultivated, it may be observed that there are many reasons for giving them aremote date: the excavations at Elephanta and Ellora. Appear to be their work; the sect is now almost extinct in Hindustan and the kasi-khanda, a work probablyiv introductlon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.