Swapnawasawadaththa Mahakavi Shree bhasapraneethan

Swapnawasawadaththa written by Sri Mahakavi Bhasa is translated to Sinhala. Perhaps the most regarded play of Bhasa is Svapnavasavadatta (Vision of Vasavadatta). The story revolves around King Udayana who is pressurized by his state minister to marry the daughter of a very powerful ruler in order to gain power to protect his kingdom from foreign invasions. The king is not too keen on this proposal as he loves is wife too much to consider taking such a step. But the wife becomes ready to sacrifice her life for the kingdom and stages a fake death. She secretly returns back to the king to be with him and awaits the new wife. Bhasa has always been counted as the most influential playwrights of his time by Indologists Indian commentators and anthologists. His style of writing was different that the other contemporary playwrights of his time. He made Sanskrit language very accessible and easy to understand for the general people. He did not use to use too flashy and superfluous Sanskrit. He did not use any open benediction in his plays rather opened his plays directly with the stage directions. His stories used to have unconventional twists and turns to it.