Question

A play in this language ends as the drunken protagonist realizes that a dog, not a holy man, has stolen his bowl made from a skull. In a play based on a tale in this language, a woman is banished from heaven when she accidentally says her lover’s name during (15[1])a play. (-5[1])A dramaturgical treatise in this language outlines the eight color-coded (15[1])forms of an aesthetic feeling (15[1])that translates to “juice” or “flavor.” (-5[1])The metatheatrical prologue to Goethe’s Faust was inspired by a (*) seven-act play in this language (10[1])that begins as a king is told not to kill a deer. In (10[1])that play in this (10[1])language, two lovers who first meet in a hermitage are reunited (10[1])after a fisherman finds (10[2])a signet (10[1])ring (10[1])in the belly of a fish. For 10 points, name this language used by The Recognition of Shakuntala (10[1])author Kālidāsa. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Sanskrit [or saṃskṛtam] (The first sentence refers to A Farce of Drunken Sport by Mahendravarman I. The second sentence refers to Vikramōrvaśīyam by Kālidāsa. The third sentence refers to the concept of rasa in Nāṭyaśāstra by Bharata.)
<HG, World Literature>
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Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%119.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%100%0%49.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%100%0%63.50
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y4100%0%25%121.75
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y580%0%20%105.25

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael HundingIllinois OrangeChicago A4915
Manu SankaranLambertInnovation Academy B51-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley Past6115
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford6615
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BLSE A72-5
Shiv SeshanCambridge BImperial A8710
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AImperial B10010
Arjun NairInnovation Academy CMississippi State10410
Albert NyangLSE AWarwick B11510
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicWaterloo Aspidistra11910
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick A11910
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech D12110
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B12210
Pratyusha SoniInnovation Academy BLambert14010
Michael WuSouthamptonBristol1430
Kevin FlanaganBristolSouthampton1430