Saṃskṛta-nāṭaka - Bhavabhūti (Part 9)
Bhavabhūti appears to have been well-versed in various śāstras as well; he is likely to have read the poems and plays that were authored before his time and those that were popular in times contemporary to him. One can easily see the influence of Bhāsa, Kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Harṣa, and others in his works. He had not only absorbed the best aspects of the literary works of the poets and scholars who lived prior to him, but also probably harboured the idea that he had surpassed them in every way.
