A decade later, his work was approached by playwright Kavalam Narayan Panikkar and theatre director, Ratan Thiyam using Manipuri dance and theatre traditions, and traditional martial art of Thang-Ta, who first performed Karna-bhara (Karna's burden) in 1976, and later Urubhanga.
T. Ganapati Sastri was a Sanskrit scholar, editor of the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, and discovered the plays of Bhasa.
In 1814-15 Munshi Lallulal Kavi, a Gujarati Brahmin (of the Braja Bhasa)of Fort William College was believed to have acquired the rights to Baburam’s Sanskrit Press.
On 1 June 1999, the Supreme Court forbade Kathmandu Metropolitan City from giving official recognition to Nepal Bhasa, and Rajbiraj Municipality and Dhanusa District Development Committee from recognizing Maithili.
Thiyam is also known for his use of traditional martial arts, of Thang-Ta in his plays, such as in Urubhangam (Broken Thigh), of Sanskrit playwright Bhāsa itself based on an episode from epic, the Mahabharata, which along with Chakravyuh (Amry Formation) is considered one of his finest works.
Sadhukaḍi Bhasa, or Sant Bhasa (Saints' Language) is a vernacular written genre, popular in medieval North India, based on a mixture of Hindustani (Khariboli), Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Panjabi, Sindhi, Marathi, Rajasthani, etc.
It is most noted for its Bhasa Research Centre (BRC) of which G. N. Devy is a founder member.