A Quarterly publication

The Theme Of Current Issue

Vasavadutta
A dramatic romance

-Sri Aurobindo

   The fable is taken from Somadeva’s Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of the Rivers of Many Tales) and was always a favorite subject of Indian romance and drama, but some of the circumstances, a great many of the incidents and a few of the names have been altered or omitted and others introduced in their place.  Vuthsa, the name of the nation in the tale, is in the play used as a personal name of the King Udayan.