[Contents]AAbhayadatta, in theMudrārākṣasa,206.Abhayadeva, king (A.D.1229–32),254.Abhayakumāra, minister of Çreṇika,260.Abhayapāla, king,254.Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna,96,97,117,213.Abhinavagupta, writer on poetics,103,220,291,294,318,319,320,338,342,343,344.Abhirāma, commentator on theÇakuntalā,154.Ābhīras, a people,129,335,337, n.1.Abrupt dialogue (udghātya),328,341.Abrupt remark (gaṇḍa),329.Abuse, in ritual, as one source of drama,24,25.Achievements of the Sanskrit drama,276–88.Active, for middle, andvice versa, in Bhāsa,120.Actors and Actresses,360–4;number of,66,110,345,346,347;opening dialogue of,340;feelings aroused in,316,320,321,324,355;see alsoGranthikas,Çaubhikas,Çailūṣa.Acts,60,61,301,305,345–51.Address, conventional modes of,314;as evidence of date of dramatic origin,69–71.Ādisūra, of Bengal,212.Ādityasena, of Magadha (A.D.671),212.Adultery, as an allegorical character,255.Advaita form of Viṣṇu doctrine,251,252.Aerial car, journeys in an,190,229,233,246,255.Agastya, a seer, dialogues of, in theṚgveda,14.Aghoraghaṇṭa, a priest,188,313,328.Agni, god of fire, dialogue of, with the gods,21;saves Avimāraka,101;saves Sītā,105.Agnimitra, a prince, hero of theMālavikāgnimitra,147–9,165,364.Agnivarṇa, a prince,364.Agon, dramatic contest, essential to drama,45.Aihole inscription (A.D.634), mentions Kālidāsa,146.Aischylos,75, n.2,196,197.Ajayapāla, king (A.D.1173–6),258.Ajitāpīḍa (A.D.813–50), king of Kashmir,291.Ājīvika, in drama,85.Akālajalada, grandfather of Rājaçekhara,231.Akṣa, son of Rāvaṇa,246.Alakā, a city,190,194.Alexander of Macedonia, his love of drama,59.Alexandria, as source of Greek influence on India,60.Alkestis, dramatic silence of, compared with that of Sītā,110.Allegorical drama, Buddhist,83,84;later,251–6.Allegorical personages, in Bhāsa,112.Alliteration,238,331;a characteristic of the Gauḍa style,332.Ammāl Ācārya, author of theVasantatilaka,263.Aṇahilapāṭaka,269,and seeAṇhilvāḍ.Ānandarāya, author of theJīvānandana,253.Ānandavardhana, writer on poetics,212,220,294.Anan̄gaharṣa Mātrarāja, author ofTāpasavatsarājacarita,220.Anan̄gamañjarī, a hetaera,263.Anan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,264.Anan̄gasenā, a hetaera,361.Anasūyā, friend of Çakuntalā,153,158.Anayasindhu, an evil king,261,262.Andhrabhṛtyas, dynasty,129.Andhraja, speech,337, n.1.Andhras, a people,335,336;colour of,366.An̄gada, envoy to Rāvaṇa,119,190,247,269.An̄gas, a people, colour of,366.Anger (krodha), as basis of sentiment,323.Aṇhilvāḍ, literary activity at court of,243;and seeAṇahilapāṭaka.Anticipatory scene (an̄kamukha),302.Antigone, of Sophokles, possibly known in India,59, n.2.Antigone, a character impossible in Sanskrit drama,278.Apabhraṅça,89,122,151,175,187,336, n.1,350.Apatouria,38.[374]Apsarases, divine nymphs,17,40,48,96,100,112,114,265,303,339, n.3,352,367.Āraṇyakā or Āraṇyikā, heroine of thePriyadarçikā,173,174,176,362.Arhants, views of, on the path of salvation,183.Ariṣṭa, a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa,99,106.Arisiṅha, author of theSukṛtasaṁkīrtana,248, n.7.Aristotle,39,64,279, n.1,287,337, n.2,354, n.1,355.Arjuna, a demon,99.Arjuna, a Pāṇḍava,48,96,97,213,214,215,218,265,266,268,320,329.Arjunavarman, Paramāra of Dhārā (A.D.1211),256.Arrian, notes Indian love for song and dance,44, n.2.Ars Amoris, of Ovid,285.Arsenic, used for pigments,369.Art of Bhāsa,105–10;Mṛcchakaṭikā,134;Kālidāsa,155–60;Harṣa,175–7;Mahendravikramavarman,182,183;Bhavabhūti,192–6;Viçākhadatta,208,209;BhaṭṭaNārāyaṇa,214,215;Yaçovarman,222,223;Murāri,229,230;Rājaçekhara,235,236;Jayadeva,246;Kṛṣṇamiçra,253.Arundhatī, in theUttararāmacarita,192.Āryabhaṭa, astronomer (A.D.499),146.Āryaka, in theMṛcchakaṭikā,64,129,130,132,133,135.Aryan, conquers Çūdra, in the Mahāvrata ritual,24.Açokadatta, and the Rākṣasas,193, n.2.Açokan dialect, compared with that of Açvaghoṣa,86,87.Açvaghoṣa, dramatist,43,58,70,72,74,77,80–90,93,94,95,158,161,251,292,311,336.Açvajit and Çāriputra,81.Asajjāti, a comic Brahmin,261.Ascetics, how addressed,314;appropriate to a Prahasana,348.Asides,304.Aspirates, reduced in Bhāsa, but not in Açvaghoṣa, toh,121.Astonishment (vismaya), as the basis of the sentiment of wonder,323.Astrologers, where placed in the auditorium,370.Asura Maya, magic craftsman,52.Asuras, demons,41,267.Atharvan, dialogue of,15.Ātreya, theVidūṣakaof Jīmūtavāhana,177.Ātreyī, an ascetic,191.Audience,369–71,and seeSpectators.Auditorium,359,370.Aulularia, form of name,64.Auçīnarī, wife of Purūravas,156.Authenticity of Bhāsa’s dramas (very ineffectively attacked in BSOS. III. i. 107 ff.),91–3.Avadhūta,seeKṛṣṇa.Avalokitā, pupil of Kāmandakī,193,303,362.Avanibhājana, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman,182.Avantī, use ofBhūtabhāṣāin,287.Avantisundarī, wife of Rājaçekhara,232,288.Avantivarman (A.D.855–83) of Kashmir, patron of poets,204,220.Āyogavas, actors ranked as,363.Āyus, son of Urvaçī,62,151,156,157.
[Contents]AAbhayadatta, in theMudrārākṣasa,206.Abhayadeva, king (A.D.1229–32),254.Abhayakumāra, minister of Çreṇika,260.Abhayapāla, king,254.Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna,96,97,117,213.Abhinavagupta, writer on poetics,103,220,291,294,318,319,320,338,342,343,344.Abhirāma, commentator on theÇakuntalā,154.Ābhīras, a people,129,335,337, n.1.Abrupt dialogue (udghātya),328,341.Abrupt remark (gaṇḍa),329.Abuse, in ritual, as one source of drama,24,25.Achievements of the Sanskrit drama,276–88.Active, for middle, andvice versa, in Bhāsa,120.Actors and Actresses,360–4;number of,66,110,345,346,347;opening dialogue of,340;feelings aroused in,316,320,321,324,355;see alsoGranthikas,Çaubhikas,Çailūṣa.Acts,60,61,301,305,345–51.Address, conventional modes of,314;as evidence of date of dramatic origin,69–71.Ādisūra, of Bengal,212.Ādityasena, of Magadha (A.D.671),212.Adultery, as an allegorical character,255.Advaita form of Viṣṇu doctrine,251,252.Aerial car, journeys in an,190,229,233,246,255.Agastya, a seer, dialogues of, in theṚgveda,14.Aghoraghaṇṭa, a priest,188,313,328.Agni, god of fire, dialogue of, with the gods,21;saves Avimāraka,101;saves Sītā,105.Agnimitra, a prince, hero of theMālavikāgnimitra,147–9,165,364.Agnivarṇa, a prince,364.Agon, dramatic contest, essential to drama,45.Aihole inscription (A.D.634), mentions Kālidāsa,146.Aischylos,75, n.2,196,197.Ajayapāla, king (A.D.1173–6),258.Ajitāpīḍa (A.D.813–50), king of Kashmir,291.Ājīvika, in drama,85.Akālajalada, grandfather of Rājaçekhara,231.Akṣa, son of Rāvaṇa,246.Alakā, a city,190,194.Alexander of Macedonia, his love of drama,59.Alexandria, as source of Greek influence on India,60.Alkestis, dramatic silence of, compared with that of Sītā,110.Allegorical drama, Buddhist,83,84;later,251–6.Allegorical personages, in Bhāsa,112.Alliteration,238,331;a characteristic of the Gauḍa style,332.Ammāl Ācārya, author of theVasantatilaka,263.Aṇahilapāṭaka,269,and seeAṇhilvāḍ.Ānandarāya, author of theJīvānandana,253.Ānandavardhana, writer on poetics,212,220,294.Anan̄gaharṣa Mātrarāja, author ofTāpasavatsarājacarita,220.Anan̄gamañjarī, a hetaera,263.Anan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,264.Anan̄gasenā, a hetaera,361.Anasūyā, friend of Çakuntalā,153,158.Anayasindhu, an evil king,261,262.Andhrabhṛtyas, dynasty,129.Andhraja, speech,337, n.1.Andhras, a people,335,336;colour of,366.An̄gada, envoy to Rāvaṇa,119,190,247,269.An̄gas, a people, colour of,366.Anger (krodha), as basis of sentiment,323.Aṇhilvāḍ, literary activity at court of,243;and seeAṇahilapāṭaka.Anticipatory scene (an̄kamukha),302.Antigone, of Sophokles, possibly known in India,59, n.2.Antigone, a character impossible in Sanskrit drama,278.Apabhraṅça,89,122,151,175,187,336, n.1,350.Apatouria,38.[374]Apsarases, divine nymphs,17,40,48,96,100,112,114,265,303,339, n.3,352,367.Āraṇyakā or Āraṇyikā, heroine of thePriyadarçikā,173,174,176,362.Arhants, views of, on the path of salvation,183.Ariṣṭa, a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa,99,106.Arisiṅha, author of theSukṛtasaṁkīrtana,248, n.7.Aristotle,39,64,279, n.1,287,337, n.2,354, n.1,355.Arjuna, a demon,99.Arjuna, a Pāṇḍava,48,96,97,213,214,215,218,265,266,268,320,329.Arjunavarman, Paramāra of Dhārā (A.D.1211),256.Arrian, notes Indian love for song and dance,44, n.2.Ars Amoris, of Ovid,285.Arsenic, used for pigments,369.Art of Bhāsa,105–10;Mṛcchakaṭikā,134;Kālidāsa,155–60;Harṣa,175–7;Mahendravikramavarman,182,183;Bhavabhūti,192–6;Viçākhadatta,208,209;BhaṭṭaNārāyaṇa,214,215;Yaçovarman,222,223;Murāri,229,230;Rājaçekhara,235,236;Jayadeva,246;Kṛṣṇamiçra,253.Arundhatī, in theUttararāmacarita,192.Āryabhaṭa, astronomer (A.D.499),146.Āryaka, in theMṛcchakaṭikā,64,129,130,132,133,135.Aryan, conquers Çūdra, in the Mahāvrata ritual,24.Açokadatta, and the Rākṣasas,193, n.2.Açokan dialect, compared with that of Açvaghoṣa,86,87.Açvaghoṣa, dramatist,43,58,70,72,74,77,80–90,93,94,95,158,161,251,292,311,336.Açvajit and Çāriputra,81.Asajjāti, a comic Brahmin,261.Ascetics, how addressed,314;appropriate to a Prahasana,348.Asides,304.Aspirates, reduced in Bhāsa, but not in Açvaghoṣa, toh,121.Astonishment (vismaya), as the basis of the sentiment of wonder,323.Astrologers, where placed in the auditorium,370.Asura Maya, magic craftsman,52.Asuras, demons,41,267.Atharvan, dialogue of,15.Ātreya, theVidūṣakaof Jīmūtavāhana,177.Ātreyī, an ascetic,191.Audience,369–71,and seeSpectators.Auditorium,359,370.Aulularia, form of name,64.Auçīnarī, wife of Purūravas,156.Authenticity of Bhāsa’s dramas (very ineffectively attacked in BSOS. III. i. 107 ff.),91–3.Avadhūta,seeKṛṣṇa.Avalokitā, pupil of Kāmandakī,193,303,362.Avanibhājana, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman,182.Avantī, use ofBhūtabhāṣāin,287.Avantisundarī, wife of Rājaçekhara,232,288.Avantivarman (A.D.855–83) of Kashmir, patron of poets,204,220.Āyogavas, actors ranked as,363.Āyus, son of Urvaçī,62,151,156,157.
[Contents]AAbhayadatta, in theMudrārākṣasa,206.Abhayadeva, king (A.D.1229–32),254.Abhayakumāra, minister of Çreṇika,260.Abhayapāla, king,254.Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna,96,97,117,213.Abhinavagupta, writer on poetics,103,220,291,294,318,319,320,338,342,343,344.Abhirāma, commentator on theÇakuntalā,154.Ābhīras, a people,129,335,337, n.1.Abrupt dialogue (udghātya),328,341.Abrupt remark (gaṇḍa),329.Abuse, in ritual, as one source of drama,24,25.Achievements of the Sanskrit drama,276–88.Active, for middle, andvice versa, in Bhāsa,120.Actors and Actresses,360–4;number of,66,110,345,346,347;opening dialogue of,340;feelings aroused in,316,320,321,324,355;see alsoGranthikas,Çaubhikas,Çailūṣa.Acts,60,61,301,305,345–51.Address, conventional modes of,314;as evidence of date of dramatic origin,69–71.Ādisūra, of Bengal,212.Ādityasena, of Magadha (A.D.671),212.Adultery, as an allegorical character,255.Advaita form of Viṣṇu doctrine,251,252.Aerial car, journeys in an,190,229,233,246,255.Agastya, a seer, dialogues of, in theṚgveda,14.Aghoraghaṇṭa, a priest,188,313,328.Agni, god of fire, dialogue of, with the gods,21;saves Avimāraka,101;saves Sītā,105.Agnimitra, a prince, hero of theMālavikāgnimitra,147–9,165,364.Agnivarṇa, a prince,364.Agon, dramatic contest, essential to drama,45.Aihole inscription (A.D.634), mentions Kālidāsa,146.Aischylos,75, n.2,196,197.Ajayapāla, king (A.D.1173–6),258.Ajitāpīḍa (A.D.813–50), king of Kashmir,291.Ājīvika, in drama,85.Akālajalada, grandfather of Rājaçekhara,231.Akṣa, son of Rāvaṇa,246.Alakā, a city,190,194.Alexander of Macedonia, his love of drama,59.Alexandria, as source of Greek influence on India,60.Alkestis, dramatic silence of, compared with that of Sītā,110.Allegorical drama, Buddhist,83,84;later,251–6.Allegorical personages, in Bhāsa,112.Alliteration,238,331;a characteristic of the Gauḍa style,332.Ammāl Ācārya, author of theVasantatilaka,263.Aṇahilapāṭaka,269,and seeAṇhilvāḍ.Ānandarāya, author of theJīvānandana,253.Ānandavardhana, writer on poetics,212,220,294.Anan̄gaharṣa Mātrarāja, author ofTāpasavatsarājacarita,220.Anan̄gamañjarī, a hetaera,263.Anan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,264.Anan̄gasenā, a hetaera,361.Anasūyā, friend of Çakuntalā,153,158.Anayasindhu, an evil king,261,262.Andhrabhṛtyas, dynasty,129.Andhraja, speech,337, n.1.Andhras, a people,335,336;colour of,366.An̄gada, envoy to Rāvaṇa,119,190,247,269.An̄gas, a people, colour of,366.Anger (krodha), as basis of sentiment,323.Aṇhilvāḍ, literary activity at court of,243;and seeAṇahilapāṭaka.Anticipatory scene (an̄kamukha),302.Antigone, of Sophokles, possibly known in India,59, n.2.Antigone, a character impossible in Sanskrit drama,278.Apabhraṅça,89,122,151,175,187,336, n.1,350.Apatouria,38.[374]Apsarases, divine nymphs,17,40,48,96,100,112,114,265,303,339, n.3,352,367.Āraṇyakā or Āraṇyikā, heroine of thePriyadarçikā,173,174,176,362.Arhants, views of, on the path of salvation,183.Ariṣṭa, a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa,99,106.Arisiṅha, author of theSukṛtasaṁkīrtana,248, n.7.Aristotle,39,64,279, n.1,287,337, n.2,354, n.1,355.Arjuna, a demon,99.Arjuna, a Pāṇḍava,48,96,97,213,214,215,218,265,266,268,320,329.Arjunavarman, Paramāra of Dhārā (A.D.1211),256.Arrian, notes Indian love for song and dance,44, n.2.Ars Amoris, of Ovid,285.Arsenic, used for pigments,369.Art of Bhāsa,105–10;Mṛcchakaṭikā,134;Kālidāsa,155–60;Harṣa,175–7;Mahendravikramavarman,182,183;Bhavabhūti,192–6;Viçākhadatta,208,209;BhaṭṭaNārāyaṇa,214,215;Yaçovarman,222,223;Murāri,229,230;Rājaçekhara,235,236;Jayadeva,246;Kṛṣṇamiçra,253.Arundhatī, in theUttararāmacarita,192.Āryabhaṭa, astronomer (A.D.499),146.Āryaka, in theMṛcchakaṭikā,64,129,130,132,133,135.Aryan, conquers Çūdra, in the Mahāvrata ritual,24.Açokadatta, and the Rākṣasas,193, n.2.Açokan dialect, compared with that of Açvaghoṣa,86,87.Açvaghoṣa, dramatist,43,58,70,72,74,77,80–90,93,94,95,158,161,251,292,311,336.Açvajit and Çāriputra,81.Asajjāti, a comic Brahmin,261.Ascetics, how addressed,314;appropriate to a Prahasana,348.Asides,304.Aspirates, reduced in Bhāsa, but not in Açvaghoṣa, toh,121.Astonishment (vismaya), as the basis of the sentiment of wonder,323.Astrologers, where placed in the auditorium,370.Asura Maya, magic craftsman,52.Asuras, demons,41,267.Atharvan, dialogue of,15.Ātreya, theVidūṣakaof Jīmūtavāhana,177.Ātreyī, an ascetic,191.Audience,369–71,and seeSpectators.Auditorium,359,370.Aulularia, form of name,64.Auçīnarī, wife of Purūravas,156.Authenticity of Bhāsa’s dramas (very ineffectively attacked in BSOS. III. i. 107 ff.),91–3.Avadhūta,seeKṛṣṇa.Avalokitā, pupil of Kāmandakī,193,303,362.Avanibhājana, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman,182.Avantī, use ofBhūtabhāṣāin,287.Avantisundarī, wife of Rājaçekhara,232,288.Avantivarman (A.D.855–83) of Kashmir, patron of poets,204,220.Āyogavas, actors ranked as,363.Āyus, son of Urvaçī,62,151,156,157.
[Contents]AAbhayadatta, in theMudrārākṣasa,206.Abhayadeva, king (A.D.1229–32),254.Abhayakumāra, minister of Çreṇika,260.Abhayapāla, king,254.Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna,96,97,117,213.Abhinavagupta, writer on poetics,103,220,291,294,318,319,320,338,342,343,344.Abhirāma, commentator on theÇakuntalā,154.Ābhīras, a people,129,335,337, n.1.Abrupt dialogue (udghātya),328,341.Abrupt remark (gaṇḍa),329.Abuse, in ritual, as one source of drama,24,25.Achievements of the Sanskrit drama,276–88.Active, for middle, andvice versa, in Bhāsa,120.Actors and Actresses,360–4;number of,66,110,345,346,347;opening dialogue of,340;feelings aroused in,316,320,321,324,355;see alsoGranthikas,Çaubhikas,Çailūṣa.Acts,60,61,301,305,345–51.Address, conventional modes of,314;as evidence of date of dramatic origin,69–71.Ādisūra, of Bengal,212.Ādityasena, of Magadha (A.D.671),212.Adultery, as an allegorical character,255.Advaita form of Viṣṇu doctrine,251,252.Aerial car, journeys in an,190,229,233,246,255.Agastya, a seer, dialogues of, in theṚgveda,14.Aghoraghaṇṭa, a priest,188,313,328.Agni, god of fire, dialogue of, with the gods,21;saves Avimāraka,101;saves Sītā,105.Agnimitra, a prince, hero of theMālavikāgnimitra,147–9,165,364.Agnivarṇa, a prince,364.Agon, dramatic contest, essential to drama,45.Aihole inscription (A.D.634), mentions Kālidāsa,146.Aischylos,75, n.2,196,197.Ajayapāla, king (A.D.1173–6),258.Ajitāpīḍa (A.D.813–50), king of Kashmir,291.Ājīvika, in drama,85.Akālajalada, grandfather of Rājaçekhara,231.Akṣa, son of Rāvaṇa,246.Alakā, a city,190,194.Alexander of Macedonia, his love of drama,59.Alexandria, as source of Greek influence on India,60.Alkestis, dramatic silence of, compared with that of Sītā,110.Allegorical drama, Buddhist,83,84;later,251–6.Allegorical personages, in Bhāsa,112.Alliteration,238,331;a characteristic of the Gauḍa style,332.Ammāl Ācārya, author of theVasantatilaka,263.Aṇahilapāṭaka,269,and seeAṇhilvāḍ.Ānandarāya, author of theJīvānandana,253.Ānandavardhana, writer on poetics,212,220,294.Anan̄gaharṣa Mātrarāja, author ofTāpasavatsarājacarita,220.Anan̄gamañjarī, a hetaera,263.Anan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,264.Anan̄gasenā, a hetaera,361.Anasūyā, friend of Çakuntalā,153,158.Anayasindhu, an evil king,261,262.Andhrabhṛtyas, dynasty,129.Andhraja, speech,337, n.1.Andhras, a people,335,336;colour of,366.An̄gada, envoy to Rāvaṇa,119,190,247,269.An̄gas, a people, colour of,366.Anger (krodha), as basis of sentiment,323.Aṇhilvāḍ, literary activity at court of,243;and seeAṇahilapāṭaka.Anticipatory scene (an̄kamukha),302.Antigone, of Sophokles, possibly known in India,59, n.2.Antigone, a character impossible in Sanskrit drama,278.Apabhraṅça,89,122,151,175,187,336, n.1,350.Apatouria,38.[374]Apsarases, divine nymphs,17,40,48,96,100,112,114,265,303,339, n.3,352,367.Āraṇyakā or Āraṇyikā, heroine of thePriyadarçikā,173,174,176,362.Arhants, views of, on the path of salvation,183.Ariṣṭa, a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa,99,106.Arisiṅha, author of theSukṛtasaṁkīrtana,248, n.7.Aristotle,39,64,279, n.1,287,337, n.2,354, n.1,355.Arjuna, a demon,99.Arjuna, a Pāṇḍava,48,96,97,213,214,215,218,265,266,268,320,329.Arjunavarman, Paramāra of Dhārā (A.D.1211),256.Arrian, notes Indian love for song and dance,44, n.2.Ars Amoris, of Ovid,285.Arsenic, used for pigments,369.Art of Bhāsa,105–10;Mṛcchakaṭikā,134;Kālidāsa,155–60;Harṣa,175–7;Mahendravikramavarman,182,183;Bhavabhūti,192–6;Viçākhadatta,208,209;BhaṭṭaNārāyaṇa,214,215;Yaçovarman,222,223;Murāri,229,230;Rājaçekhara,235,236;Jayadeva,246;Kṛṣṇamiçra,253.Arundhatī, in theUttararāmacarita,192.Āryabhaṭa, astronomer (A.D.499),146.Āryaka, in theMṛcchakaṭikā,64,129,130,132,133,135.Aryan, conquers Çūdra, in the Mahāvrata ritual,24.Açokadatta, and the Rākṣasas,193, n.2.Açokan dialect, compared with that of Açvaghoṣa,86,87.Açvaghoṣa, dramatist,43,58,70,72,74,77,80–90,93,94,95,158,161,251,292,311,336.Açvajit and Çāriputra,81.Asajjāti, a comic Brahmin,261.Ascetics, how addressed,314;appropriate to a Prahasana,348.Asides,304.Aspirates, reduced in Bhāsa, but not in Açvaghoṣa, toh,121.Astonishment (vismaya), as the basis of the sentiment of wonder,323.Astrologers, where placed in the auditorium,370.Asura Maya, magic craftsman,52.Asuras, demons,41,267.Atharvan, dialogue of,15.Ātreya, theVidūṣakaof Jīmūtavāhana,177.Ātreyī, an ascetic,191.Audience,369–71,and seeSpectators.Auditorium,359,370.Aulularia, form of name,64.Auçīnarī, wife of Purūravas,156.Authenticity of Bhāsa’s dramas (very ineffectively attacked in BSOS. III. i. 107 ff.),91–3.Avadhūta,seeKṛṣṇa.Avalokitā, pupil of Kāmandakī,193,303,362.Avanibhājana, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman,182.Avantī, use ofBhūtabhāṣāin,287.Avantisundarī, wife of Rājaçekhara,232,288.Avantivarman (A.D.855–83) of Kashmir, patron of poets,204,220.Āyogavas, actors ranked as,363.Āyus, son of Urvaçī,62,151,156,157.
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Abhayadatta, in theMudrārākṣasa,206.Abhayadeva, king (A.D.1229–32),254.Abhayakumāra, minister of Çreṇika,260.Abhayapāla, king,254.Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna,96,97,117,213.Abhinavagupta, writer on poetics,103,220,291,294,318,319,320,338,342,343,344.Abhirāma, commentator on theÇakuntalā,154.Ābhīras, a people,129,335,337, n.1.Abrupt dialogue (udghātya),328,341.Abrupt remark (gaṇḍa),329.Abuse, in ritual, as one source of drama,24,25.Achievements of the Sanskrit drama,276–88.Active, for middle, andvice versa, in Bhāsa,120.Actors and Actresses,360–4;number of,66,110,345,346,347;opening dialogue of,340;feelings aroused in,316,320,321,324,355;see alsoGranthikas,Çaubhikas,Çailūṣa.Acts,60,61,301,305,345–51.Address, conventional modes of,314;as evidence of date of dramatic origin,69–71.Ādisūra, of Bengal,212.Ādityasena, of Magadha (A.D.671),212.Adultery, as an allegorical character,255.Advaita form of Viṣṇu doctrine,251,252.Aerial car, journeys in an,190,229,233,246,255.Agastya, a seer, dialogues of, in theṚgveda,14.Aghoraghaṇṭa, a priest,188,313,328.Agni, god of fire, dialogue of, with the gods,21;saves Avimāraka,101;saves Sītā,105.Agnimitra, a prince, hero of theMālavikāgnimitra,147–9,165,364.Agnivarṇa, a prince,364.Agon, dramatic contest, essential to drama,45.Aihole inscription (A.D.634), mentions Kālidāsa,146.Aischylos,75, n.2,196,197.Ajayapāla, king (A.D.1173–6),258.Ajitāpīḍa (A.D.813–50), king of Kashmir,291.Ājīvika, in drama,85.Akālajalada, grandfather of Rājaçekhara,231.Akṣa, son of Rāvaṇa,246.Alakā, a city,190,194.Alexander of Macedonia, his love of drama,59.Alexandria, as source of Greek influence on India,60.Alkestis, dramatic silence of, compared with that of Sītā,110.Allegorical drama, Buddhist,83,84;later,251–6.Allegorical personages, in Bhāsa,112.Alliteration,238,331;a characteristic of the Gauḍa style,332.Ammāl Ācārya, author of theVasantatilaka,263.Aṇahilapāṭaka,269,and seeAṇhilvāḍ.Ānandarāya, author of theJīvānandana,253.Ānandavardhana, writer on poetics,212,220,294.Anan̄gaharṣa Mātrarāja, author ofTāpasavatsarājacarita,220.Anan̄gamañjarī, a hetaera,263.Anan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,264.Anan̄gasenā, a hetaera,361.Anasūyā, friend of Çakuntalā,153,158.Anayasindhu, an evil king,261,262.Andhrabhṛtyas, dynasty,129.Andhraja, speech,337, n.1.Andhras, a people,335,336;colour of,366.An̄gada, envoy to Rāvaṇa,119,190,247,269.An̄gas, a people, colour of,366.Anger (krodha), as basis of sentiment,323.Aṇhilvāḍ, literary activity at court of,243;and seeAṇahilapāṭaka.Anticipatory scene (an̄kamukha),302.Antigone, of Sophokles, possibly known in India,59, n.2.Antigone, a character impossible in Sanskrit drama,278.Apabhraṅça,89,122,151,175,187,336, n.1,350.Apatouria,38.[374]Apsarases, divine nymphs,17,40,48,96,100,112,114,265,303,339, n.3,352,367.Āraṇyakā or Āraṇyikā, heroine of thePriyadarçikā,173,174,176,362.Arhants, views of, on the path of salvation,183.Ariṣṭa, a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa,99,106.Arisiṅha, author of theSukṛtasaṁkīrtana,248, n.7.Aristotle,39,64,279, n.1,287,337, n.2,354, n.1,355.Arjuna, a demon,99.Arjuna, a Pāṇḍava,48,96,97,213,214,215,218,265,266,268,320,329.Arjunavarman, Paramāra of Dhārā (A.D.1211),256.Arrian, notes Indian love for song and dance,44, n.2.Ars Amoris, of Ovid,285.Arsenic, used for pigments,369.Art of Bhāsa,105–10;Mṛcchakaṭikā,134;Kālidāsa,155–60;Harṣa,175–7;Mahendravikramavarman,182,183;Bhavabhūti,192–6;Viçākhadatta,208,209;BhaṭṭaNārāyaṇa,214,215;Yaçovarman,222,223;Murāri,229,230;Rājaçekhara,235,236;Jayadeva,246;Kṛṣṇamiçra,253.Arundhatī, in theUttararāmacarita,192.Āryabhaṭa, astronomer (A.D.499),146.Āryaka, in theMṛcchakaṭikā,64,129,130,132,133,135.Aryan, conquers Çūdra, in the Mahāvrata ritual,24.Açokadatta, and the Rākṣasas,193, n.2.Açokan dialect, compared with that of Açvaghoṣa,86,87.Açvaghoṣa, dramatist,43,58,70,72,74,77,80–90,93,94,95,158,161,251,292,311,336.Açvajit and Çāriputra,81.Asajjāti, a comic Brahmin,261.Ascetics, how addressed,314;appropriate to a Prahasana,348.Asides,304.Aspirates, reduced in Bhāsa, but not in Açvaghoṣa, toh,121.Astonishment (vismaya), as the basis of the sentiment of wonder,323.Astrologers, where placed in the auditorium,370.Asura Maya, magic craftsman,52.Asuras, demons,41,267.Atharvan, dialogue of,15.Ātreya, theVidūṣakaof Jīmūtavāhana,177.Ātreyī, an ascetic,191.Audience,369–71,and seeSpectators.Auditorium,359,370.Aulularia, form of name,64.Auçīnarī, wife of Purūravas,156.Authenticity of Bhāsa’s dramas (very ineffectively attacked in BSOS. III. i. 107 ff.),91–3.Avadhūta,seeKṛṣṇa.Avalokitā, pupil of Kāmandakī,193,303,362.Avanibhājana, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman,182.Avantī, use ofBhūtabhāṣāin,287.Avantisundarī, wife of Rājaçekhara,232,288.Avantivarman (A.D.855–83) of Kashmir, patron of poets,204,220.Āyogavas, actors ranked as,363.Āyus, son of Urvaçī,62,151,156,157.
Abhayadatta, in theMudrārākṣasa,206.
Abhayadeva, king (A.D.1229–32),254.
Abhayakumāra, minister of Çreṇika,260.
Abhayapāla, king,254.
Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna,96,97,117,213.
Abhinavagupta, writer on poetics,103,220,291,294,318,319,320,338,342,343,344.
Abhirāma, commentator on theÇakuntalā,154.
Ābhīras, a people,129,335,337, n.1.
Abrupt dialogue (udghātya),328,341.
Abrupt remark (gaṇḍa),329.
Abuse, in ritual, as one source of drama,24,25.
Achievements of the Sanskrit drama,276–88.
Active, for middle, andvice versa, in Bhāsa,120.
Actors and Actresses,360–4;number of,66,110,345,346,347;opening dialogue of,340;feelings aroused in,316,320,321,324,355;see alsoGranthikas,Çaubhikas,Çailūṣa.
Acts,60,61,301,305,345–51.
Address, conventional modes of,314;as evidence of date of dramatic origin,69–71.
Ādisūra, of Bengal,212.
Ādityasena, of Magadha (A.D.671),212.
Adultery, as an allegorical character,255.
Advaita form of Viṣṇu doctrine,251,252.
Aerial car, journeys in an,190,229,233,246,255.
Agastya, a seer, dialogues of, in theṚgveda,14.
Aghoraghaṇṭa, a priest,188,313,328.
Agni, god of fire, dialogue of, with the gods,21;saves Avimāraka,101;saves Sītā,105.
Agnimitra, a prince, hero of theMālavikāgnimitra,147–9,165,364.
Agnivarṇa, a prince,364.
Agon, dramatic contest, essential to drama,45.
Aihole inscription (A.D.634), mentions Kālidāsa,146.
Aischylos,75, n.2,196,197.
Ajayapāla, king (A.D.1173–6),258.
Ajitāpīḍa (A.D.813–50), king of Kashmir,291.
Ājīvika, in drama,85.
Akālajalada, grandfather of Rājaçekhara,231.
Akṣa, son of Rāvaṇa,246.
Alakā, a city,190,194.
Alexander of Macedonia, his love of drama,59.
Alexandria, as source of Greek influence on India,60.
Alkestis, dramatic silence of, compared with that of Sītā,110.
Allegorical drama, Buddhist,83,84;later,251–6.
Allegorical personages, in Bhāsa,112.
Alliteration,238,331;a characteristic of the Gauḍa style,332.
Ammāl Ācārya, author of theVasantatilaka,263.
Aṇahilapāṭaka,269,and seeAṇhilvāḍ.
Ānandarāya, author of theJīvānandana,253.
Ānandavardhana, writer on poetics,212,220,294.
Anan̄gaharṣa Mātrarāja, author ofTāpasavatsarājacarita,220.
Anan̄gamañjarī, a hetaera,263.
Anan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,264.
Anan̄gasenā, a hetaera,361.
Anasūyā, friend of Çakuntalā,153,158.
Anayasindhu, an evil king,261,262.
Andhrabhṛtyas, dynasty,129.
Andhraja, speech,337, n.1.
Andhras, a people,335,336;colour of,366.
An̄gada, envoy to Rāvaṇa,119,190,247,269.
An̄gas, a people, colour of,366.
Anger (krodha), as basis of sentiment,323.
Aṇhilvāḍ, literary activity at court of,243;and seeAṇahilapāṭaka.
Anticipatory scene (an̄kamukha),302.
Antigone, of Sophokles, possibly known in India,59, n.2.
Antigone, a character impossible in Sanskrit drama,278.
Apabhraṅça,89,122,151,175,187,336, n.1,350.
Apatouria,38.[374]
Apsarases, divine nymphs,17,40,48,96,100,112,114,265,303,339, n.3,352,367.
Āraṇyakā or Āraṇyikā, heroine of thePriyadarçikā,173,174,176,362.
Arhants, views of, on the path of salvation,183.
Ariṣṭa, a demon killed by Kṛṣṇa,99,106.
Arisiṅha, author of theSukṛtasaṁkīrtana,248, n.7.
Aristotle,39,64,279, n.1,287,337, n.2,354, n.1,355.
Arjuna, a demon,99.
Arjuna, a Pāṇḍava,48,96,97,213,214,215,218,265,266,268,320,329.
Arjunavarman, Paramāra of Dhārā (A.D.1211),256.
Arrian, notes Indian love for song and dance,44, n.2.
Ars Amoris, of Ovid,285.
Arsenic, used for pigments,369.
Art of Bhāsa,105–10;Mṛcchakaṭikā,134;Kālidāsa,155–60;Harṣa,175–7;Mahendravikramavarman,182,183;Bhavabhūti,192–6;Viçākhadatta,208,209;BhaṭṭaNārāyaṇa,214,215;Yaçovarman,222,223;Murāri,229,230;Rājaçekhara,235,236;Jayadeva,246;Kṛṣṇamiçra,253.
Arundhatī, in theUttararāmacarita,192.
Āryabhaṭa, astronomer (A.D.499),146.
Āryaka, in theMṛcchakaṭikā,64,129,130,132,133,135.
Aryan, conquers Çūdra, in the Mahāvrata ritual,24.
Açokadatta, and the Rākṣasas,193, n.2.
Açokan dialect, compared with that of Açvaghoṣa,86,87.
Açvaghoṣa, dramatist,43,58,70,72,74,77,80–90,93,94,95,158,161,251,292,311,336.
Açvajit and Çāriputra,81.
Asajjāti, a comic Brahmin,261.
Ascetics, how addressed,314;appropriate to a Prahasana,348.
Asides,304.
Aspirates, reduced in Bhāsa, but not in Açvaghoṣa, toh,121.
Astonishment (vismaya), as the basis of the sentiment of wonder,323.
Astrologers, where placed in the auditorium,370.
Asura Maya, magic craftsman,52.
Asuras, demons,41,267.
Atharvan, dialogue of,15.
Ātreya, theVidūṣakaof Jīmūtavāhana,177.
Ātreyī, an ascetic,191.
Audience,369–71,and seeSpectators.
Auditorium,359,370.
Aulularia, form of name,64.
Auçīnarī, wife of Purūravas,156.
Authenticity of Bhāsa’s dramas (very ineffectively attacked in BSOS. III. i. 107 ff.),91–3.
Avadhūta,seeKṛṣṇa.
Avalokitā, pupil of Kāmandakī,193,303,362.
Avanibhājana, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman,182.
Avantī, use ofBhūtabhāṣāin,287.
Avantisundarī, wife of Rājaçekhara,232,288.
Avantivarman (A.D.855–83) of Kashmir, patron of poets,204,220.
Āyogavas, actors ranked as,363.
Āyus, son of Urvaçī,62,151,156,157.