Shakespeare in Sanskrit?

Tue Jan 25 20:03:12 UTC 2011

Into Malayalam?

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From: Indology [INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Wyzlic [pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Shakespeare in Sanskrit?

Am 25.01.2011 um 20:06 schrieb Richard Salomon:

> I know of the following two translations of Shakespeare into Sanskrit:
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> 1. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Krishnamachari,R. "Vasantikaswapnam: An Adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream" (Madras, 1892).
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> 2. Hamlet: Sukhamoy Mukhopadhyay, Dīnārkarājakumāra-Hemalekham (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1971).
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> Does anyone know of other examples?

There is a Sanskrit "adaptation" of Hamlet by S. D. Joshi and V. Deo:
Candrasenaḥ Durgadeśasya Yuvarājaḥ : Sanskrit adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the prince of Denmark / by S.D. Joshi and Vighnahari Deo. - Pune : University of Poona, 1980. - (Publications of the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit., Class G ; no. 1)

Macbetht:
Meghavedham : Mahākaveḥ Śeksapīyaramahodayasya 'Maikabaith' iti nāṭakamadhikr̥tya praṇītam / praṇetā, Mohanaguptaḥ. - Dillī, Bhārata : Jñānabhāratī Pabl., 2009. - xvi, 110 p.

The Merchant of Venice:
Veṇīśa sārthavāha = Merchant of Venice / by William Shakespeare [sic] ; anuvādaka Ananda Tripāṭhī Śarmā. - Gañjāmamaṇḍalam : Śarmmā, 1969. - 3, 2, 115 p. - (Śikṣāpriya granthamālāyā[ḥ], puṣpam 3)

As you like it (by the same translator):
Yathā te rocate = As you like it / by William Shakespeare ; anuvādaka Ananta Tripāthi Śarmā. - Brahmapurama : Śiromaṇi Mudrāśālā, 1969. - 114 p. - (Śikṣāpriyagranthamālāyā, puṣpam 4)

Romeo and Juliet
Ūthikā : Shakespeare Romeo-Julietāśritā Saṃskṛitanāṭikā / sanātanasya Śrī-Revāprasāda-Dvivedinaḥ. - Vārāṇasī : Chaukhambhā Orientalia, 1978. - 74 p. - (Gokuladāsa Saṃskr̥ta granthamālā, 31)

I remember that I have seen a Sanskrit version of Lamb's Shakespeare's tales somewhere. But that is not the original, of course.

This collective volume contains some informations on Shakespeare in Indian translations:
India's Shakespeare : translation, interpretation, and performance / ed. by Poonam Trivedi and Dennis Bartholomeusz. - Delhi, India : Pearson Longman, 2005. - 270 p. ISBN 8177581317

Hope it helps
Peter Wyzlic

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