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Work #1572 · Early-to-middle

Chitra

Rabindranath Tagore
1892 (Bengali); 1913 English version (Macmillan) · Bengali
Verse-play in one act · Bengali Renaissance literature / Indian mythopoeic-philosophical drama

Tagore's 1892 verse-play 'Chitra' — the Mahabharata princess Chitrangada's transformation into beauty, and back

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Attribute Chitra (Early-to-middle)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Relational
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Emergent
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Relational
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

Chitra

1892 / 1913.

Space

Chitra

Bengal.

Matter

Chitra

Single one-act verse-play.

Observer

Chitra

Early-to-middle Tagore.

Energy

Chitra

Symbolist-philosophical-dramatic energies.

Information

Chitra

Single short play.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Chitra

One of Tagore's most-translated dramatic works; foundational of the Tagorean mythopoeic-philosophical mode.