istoricity of Nepalese Society in Prahlad: AStudy of Bal Krishna Sama’s Prahlad

Abstract

Bal Krishna Sama's play Prahlad(1995 B.S.) tries to present the different aspects of contemporary Nepal. Hiranyakashipu, advocate of science and technology, pays great attention to suppress the god advocate like Prahlad. Around him the lives of Danavapura dwellers unfold the situation-the passionate pluto housewife, lovesick teenagers, scientific research, domination of spirituality and resistance against the oppression. By including such events within Danavapura, Sama has observed the follies and miseries of Nepalese society. Throughout Prahlad, there is a constant co- mingling of the physical, material and mundane life with the spiritual and divine sentiments. All of the scenario is transformed, however, into a microcosm of society, that provides Hindu insights into the nature of reality. Through the window of Danavapura, Bal Krishna Sama creates an intimate and intricate portrait of life in a beautiful Nepalese society