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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 accuracy and a display of Oriental luxury, but the drama may easily be performed with simple means at a small cost without losing its dramatic effect. Some of the changes, however, should be very rapid. The interludes can be replaced by lantern slide pictures, or may be omitted.
If the interludes are retained there need not be any intermission in the whole drama.
The music for the Buddha's Hymn of Victory, pages 5 and 39 (see The Open Court, XIX, 49); the dirge on page 19, (Open Court, XIX, 567); Yasōdhara's Song, page 37 (Open Court, XVIII, 625); and the Doxology, page 63 and at the end (Open Court, XVIII, 627), may be found in a collection entitled Buddhist Hymns (Chicago, Open Court Publishing 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 Buddha | B |
| Suddhōdana, King of the Sakyas, father of Siddháttha | S |
| Pajāpati, Queen of the Sakyas, aunt and stepmother of Siddháttha | P |
| Princess Yasōdhara, Siddháttha's wife | Y |
| Rāhula, Yasōdhara's son | R |
| Devadatta, brother of Yasōdhara | Dd |
| Kāla Udāyin, a gardener's son | K |
| Gopa, Yasōdhara's maid | G |
| Visākha, a Brahman, Prime Minister of Suddhōdana | V |
| Dēvala, a Sakya Captain | D |
| Bimbisara, King of Magadha | Bb |
| Ambapali, King Bimbisara's favorite | Ap |
| Nāgadēva, Prime Minister of Mágadha, leader of an embassy | N |
| General Siha, in the service of King Bimbisara | GS |
| Jēta, Prince of Northern Kosala | J |
| Anātha Pindika, a wealthy man of Sāvattha | A |
| Māra, the Evil One | M |
| Channa, Prince Siddháttha's groom | Ch |
| Master of Ceremonies at Magadha | Mc |
| General Siha's Captain | C |
| A Brahman Priest | Pr |
| A Farmer | F |
| Servant | St |
| Ministers, Officers, Soldiers, Trumpeters, Villagers, A Shepherd. Singers: Māra's Daughters, Angels, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. | |
GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS.
Buddha, the Enlightened One, the Saviour.
Bodhi, enlightenment or wisdom.
Bodhisatta, a seeker of the bodhi, one who endeavors to become a Buddha.
Bodhi tree, the tree under which Buddha acquires enlightenment.
Muni, thinker or sage.
Sakyamuni, the Sage of the Sakyas, the Buddha.
Tathāgata, a title of Buddha, which probably means "The Perfect One," or "he who has reached completion."
Nirvāna (in Pali, "Nibbana") eternal bliss.
Kapilavatthu, capital of the Sakyas.
Kōsala, an Indian state divided into Northern and Southern Kōsala.
Sāvátthi, capital of Northern Kōsala.
Jētavana, the pleasure garden of Prince Jēta at Sāvátthi.
Mágadha, a large kingdom in the Ganges Valley.
Rājagáha, capital of Magadha.
Uruvēla, a place near Benares.
Arāda and U'draka, two philosophers.
Licchávi, a princely house of Vesali.
Nirgrántha (lit. "liberated from bonds"), a name adopted by the adherents of the Jaina sect.
Indra, in the time of Buddha worshiped by the people as the most powerful god.
Issara, the Lord, a name of God Indra.
Yama, the god of death.
Káli, a Brahman goddess, called also Durga.
ACT I.
FIRST SCENE.
[A tropical garden in Kapilavatthu, in the background mountains, at a distance the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. On the right near the front a marble bench surrounded with bushes. Further back the palace entrance of the Raja's residence. Above the entrance a balcony. On the left a fortified gate with a guard house;