Chitrangada | |
Author: | Rabindranath Tagore |
Language: | Bengali |
Country: | British India |
Published: | 1892 |
Genre: | Dance drama |
Published in 1892, Chitrangada is a dance-drama, i.e. a Nritya-Nāṭya (Bengali: নৃত্যনাট্য) written by Rabindranath Tagore. The drama is based on the story of Chitrāngadā (IAST: Citrāṅgadā), the mythological princess of the Kingdom of Manipur and one of the wives of Arjuna according to the Mahabharata.[1]