To answer @jhakjhorvaa महोदयः let us actually look at Hortus and what it says - and see whether the embarrassment is appropriate!
See the notes section
Please note the INDICI for the region and the year 1673
Post Modern historians - ‘India was never a cohesive unit’ 😂🤣
Now let us look at the authors, respected ‘native doctors’
itti achudem (Itti Achuthan from Cochin) & who is a ‘chego’ (Chekavan/Ezhava/Thiyya)
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The ‘Brahmins/gymnosophists’ Ranga Botto, Vinaique Pandito & Apu Botto {Bhatt}
There goes caste/knowledge equation for a toss 🤣😂
Now let us look at the actual text
The first entry is Thengu/Coconut, a fitting topic given the Kerala origin of the ‘doctors’😂
Am sure Mal., Tam & coastal Kar. folks can translate the ‘scientific’ terminology used in Hortus
१ We were a knowledge super-power. No shame in that
२ We got colonized. No shame in acknowledging that also
३ Need to start re-building. The epistemological foundation exists even today
४ Can’t rely on ‘others’ to save us- Need to do our work!
Finally, instead of relying on hearsay & becoming victims of motivated gaslighting, we have resources to directly check out sources & evaluate information by ourselves
Samskritam has one of the largest repositories of Drama & stage productions. Right from भरतमुनिः who wrote नाट्यशास्त्रम्, the treasures within संस्कृतम् is amazing
Here is a collation of traditional & modern नाटकानि in संस्कृतम्।