Transcriber's Note:

The spelling, accents, and diacritical marks of Sanskrit names is not consistent in the book. The Table of Contents is not part of the original book.

THE BUDDHA

A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND
FOUR INTERLUDES

 

 

BY

 

PAUL CARUS

 

 

CHICAGO

THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO.

LONDON: 149 Strand

1913


CONTENTS

DIRECTIONS TO THE STAGE MANAGER. 
CAST OF CHARACTERS. 
GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS. 
ACT I.1
ACT II.28
ACT III.54
ACT IV.70
ACT V.78

DIRECTIONS TO THE STAGE MANAGER.

The scenery can be made very attractive by both historical accuracyand a display of Oriental luxury, but the drama may easily beperformed with simple means at a small cost without losing itsdramatic effect. Some of the changes, however, should be very rapid.The interludes can be replaced by lantern slide pictures, or may beomitted.

If the interludes are retained there need not be any intermission inthe whole drama.

The music for the Buddha's Hymn of Victory, pages 5 and 39 (see TheOpen Court, XIX, 49); the dirge on page 19, (Open Court, XIX, 567);Yasōdhara's Song, page 37 (Open Court, XVIII, 625); and theDoxology, page 63 and at the end (Open Court, XVIII, 627), may befound in a collection entitled Buddhist Hymns (Chicago, Open CourtPublishing Co., 1911).

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THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO.

1913


CAST OF CHARACTERS.

All vowels to be pronounced as in Italian.

Siddháttha Gótama, Prince of the Sakyas, later on the BuddhaB
Suddhōdana, King of the Sakyas, father of SiddhátthaS
Pajāpati, Queen of the Sakyas, aunt and stepmother of SiddhátthaP
Princess Yasōdhara, Siddháttha's wifeY
Rāhula, Yasōdhara's sonR
Devadatta, brother of YasōdharaDd
Kāla Udāyin, a gardener's sonK
Gopa, Yasōdhara's maidG
Visākha, a Brahman, Prime Minister of SuddhōdanaV
Dēvala, a Sakya CaptainD
Bimbisara, King of MagadhaBb
Ambapali, King Bimbisara's favoriteAp
Nāg
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