Rescue of Urvashi (3) Mount Hemakuta (4) Episode of single-stringed necklace Act-2: Starting with Prelude or Praveśaka (1) Forest Pramada (2) Entry of Urvashi (3) Episode of Bhurja Patra Act-3: Starting with Interlude/Viṣkambhaka (1) Enunch inviting Pururava to Maṇi Mahālaya (2) waiting and conversation at Maṇi Mahālaya (3) The ritual of taking a vow of pleasing the dear one - Priyānuprasādana Vrata by Aushinari accompanied by maids (4) conversation involving Chitralekha, Pururava, Vidushaka/jester and Urvashi and her rendezvous with the king Act-4: Starting with Prelude or Praveshaka (1) episode of Udayavati (2) extreme anguish of Pururava at loss of Urvashi (3) episode of Sangamaniya gem (4) return to the kingdom Act-5: Starting with Vidushaka announcement (1) Bird taking the gem (२) arrival of Ayush, about whom Pururava had no knowledge (3) Revelation by Urvashi of her conditional release from the curse (4) entry of Naarada (नारद) (5) Happy ending Main characters King Pururavas - son of Ila and Budha (who was the illegitimate son of Chandra and Tara) Urvashi - the celestial nymph Aushinari - the Queen and the wife of Pururavas (also the princess of Kashi) Supporting Characters Chitralekha - another nymph and Urvashi's close friend Nipunika - the chambermaid of Aushinari Vidushaka - the jester and the aide in Pururava's personal matters and romantic pursuit In popular culture Kanjibhai Rathod directed Vikram Urvashi, a 1920 Indian silent film adaptation; this was followed by Vishnupant Divekar's Urvashi in 1921. In 1954, Madhu Bose made an Indian Bengali-language film adaptation titled Vikram Urvashi. Vikrama Urvashi is a 1940 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Raman based on the play. The story of a nymph marrying a noble-born human and leaving her celestial home has been used in 1957 Tamil film Manalane Mangayin Bhagyam. See also Sanskrit literature Sanskrit drama List of Sanskrit plays in English translation Notes Further reading Works by Kalidasa Sanskrit plays Indian plays adapted into films Ancient Indian poems Ancient indian Dramas