Translation
Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart)मृच्छकटिकम्
By Śūdraka (attributed). Translated by Arthur W. Ryder, 1905. Public domain.
A ten-act prakaraṇa drama, considered the most acclaimed Sanskrit play in the social-realist register. The impoverished Brahmin Charudatta and the courtesan Vasantasena's love story unfolds against political intrigue, a violent rival, and a wrongful trial. Ryder's translation is published in the Harvard Oriental Series.
Chapters
Chapter 1
Act I — The Gems Are Left Behind
Chapter 2
Act II — The Shampooer Who Gambled
Chapter 3
Act III — The Hole in the Wall
Chapter 4
Act IV — Madanika and Sharvilaka
Chapter 5
Act V — The Storm
Chapter 6
Act VI — The Swapping of the Bullock-Carts
Chapter 7
Act VII — Aryaka's Escape
Chapter 8
Act VIII — The Strangling of Vasantasena
Chapter 9
Act IX — The Trial
Chapter 10
Act X — The End