Shriranga

Adya Rangacharya, (1904-Oct 17 1984) who often wrote under the pen name Shriranga, but whose birth name was R. V. Jagirdar ^[1](1904–84), was born in Agarkhed, district Bijapur. He has his education at Bombay and London Universities. His writings made him a trend-setter among Kannada and Indian writers. His works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the theatre, on Sanskrit drama and the Bhagavadgita; but it was as a dramatist that he made his mark (47 full-length and 68 one-act plays).^[2] He is known for his English translation of the classic work on Indian classical theatre, the Natyasastra ^[1]

His works in English are:

• Bharata, Muni, and Śrīraṅga. The Nāṭyaśāstra: English Translation with Critical Notes. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1996.
• Drama in Sanskrit Literature, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy and Indo-Aryan Languages.
• Rangacharya, Adya. Introduction to Bharata's Nātya-Śāstra. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1966.^[3]
• Rangacharya, Adya. The Indian Theatre. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1971.
• Śrīraṅga, . Drama in Sanskrit Literature. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1967 (2nd ed.)
• Śrīraṅga, . The Quest for Wisdom, Thoughts on the Bhagawadgita. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1993. (translation of two Kannada works Gītagāmbhīrya and Gītādarpaṇa

Among his works translated into English are

• Rangacharya, Adya, (transl. by G S. Amur).Listen Janamejaya and Other Plays. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2005.
• Śrīraṅga, (transl. by Shashi Deshpande) Opening Scene: Early Memoirs of a Dramatist and a Play. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006.
• Rangacharya, Adya, (transl. by Usha Desai). Shadows in the Dark: Four Plays. Bangalore, India: Unisun Publications, 2007.
• Sriranga, . These Tombs Alone Remain: A Novel Bangalore: Shriranga Saraswat Prakashana, 1959.

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