[Contents]BBābhravya, chamberlain of Vatsa,171,173.Bāhlika, or Bālhika, a people, colour of,366.Bakchai, of Euripides,59.Baktria, Greek rule in,57.Baladeva,48.Bāla-Vālmīki, sobriquet of Murāri,225.Bali, binding of, performed in a dramatic manner,32,36, n.1.Ballet,48,275,351.Bāṇa, the Asura,242,243.Bāṇa, writer (A.D.625),29,76,91,171,182, n.3,366.Bāṇa,seeVāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa.Bandhurā, a go-between,262.Barbaras, speech of,336;excluded from theatres,370.Barygaza, Bharukacchā, as port through which Greek influence came,60.Battles, in the drama,347,351.Baudhāyana, censures actors,363.Bearer of fans, where placed in the auditorium,370.Benediction, seeNāndīandBharatavākya.Bengal, Sanskrit used in,287.Bengālī recension, of theVikramorvaçī,151;theÇakuntalā,154,155;theVeṇīsaṁhāra,219.Bernhardt, Sarah,322, n.2.Bhādānakas, use of Apabhraṅça by,287.Bhadravatī, elephant,108.Bhāgurāyaṇa, in theMudrārākṣasa,205,235.Bhairavānanda, a magician,234.Bhāmaha, writer on poetics,102.Bhānudatta, views on sentiment,319.Bhānumatī, queen of Duryodhana,213,215,219,300.Bharata, alleged author of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,41,150,191,343,344,349,362,364.Bharata, brother of Rāma,189,224.[375]Bharata, son of Duḥṣanta,154,157.Bhārata tribe,30.Bhāravi, poet,265,284.Bharhut sculptures, dance represented on,350, n.2.Bhartṛhari, poet,366;celebrated in theBhartṛharinirveda,248.Bhartṛmeṇṭha,232.Bhāsa, dramatist,42,51,66,70,73,74,87,91–126,147,161,185,187, n.2,243,270,286,292,300,301, n.4,305,311,335,336,341,342,346,347,353,354,371, n.2.Bhāskaradatta, a Mahārāja,204.Bhāskara Kavi, author of theUnmattarāghava,268.Bhāṭ, reciters,30.Bhaṭṭa Gopāla, grandfather of Bhavabhūti,186.Bhaṭṭa Lollaṭa, doctrine of sentiment,316.Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, author of theVeṇīsaṁhāra,83,212–19.Bhattanatha Svamin, on date of Murāri,225.Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka, writer on poetics,291,317,318,320,321.Bhavabhūti, dramatist,42,139,161,186–203,209,217,225,226,227,232,239,247,257,271,281,284,297,301,311,343, n.1,352,353,364.Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava,95,96,97,109,213,214,215,216,218,266,304,329,340.Bhīmadeva II, the Cālukya,256.Bhīmaṭa, author ofSvapnadaçānana,239.Bhīmeçvara, procession of the god,248.Bhīṣma, preceptor of the Kauravas,97.Bhoja (11th cent.), writer on poetics (JRAS. 1923, p. 545 ff.),143,325, n.1,331.Bhujan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,263,264.Bhūrivasu, a minister,187.Bhūtas, honoured in the preliminaries of the drama,340.Bhuvanapāla, minister of Saṁgrāmasiṅha,249.Bidyāpati Ṭhākur, Maithilī dramatist,243.Bilhaṇa, author of theKarṇasundarī,256.Bimbisāra, king of Magadha,43.Bloch, Th., on the Greek origin of the Indian theatre,67.Bourgeois Comedy, seePrakaraṇaandPrakaraṇikā.Boy, suggested marriage to, as a motif,234,235,256.Bṛhannalā, a eunuch,335.Brahmā, as creator of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,13,41.Brahmadeva, of Raypur,270.Brahmin and hetaera, dialogue of,39,73.Brahminical supremacy, in Bhāsa,110;in Kālidāsa,160;in Bhavabhūti,197;theory of life,281.Brahmin,81,276,277,281,282,283,306;as theVidūṣaka,310,311;address of,314;as hero of thePrakaraṇa,346;theÇilpaka,351;seats for,359;colour of,366;where placed in the auditorium,370.Brajbhāshā,41.Breach of alliance (saṁghātya),327.Buddha, the,81,82,87,179;statues of the,58;as a dramatic character,306.Buddharakṣitā, in theMālatīmādhava,198.Buddhism, disapproved,252,253.Buddhist monk,135;nun,193,335.Buddhists, and the drama,42,44,174,175,284;addressed as Bhadanta,314.
[Contents]BBābhravya, chamberlain of Vatsa,171,173.Bāhlika, or Bālhika, a people, colour of,366.Bakchai, of Euripides,59.Baktria, Greek rule in,57.Baladeva,48.Bāla-Vālmīki, sobriquet of Murāri,225.Bali, binding of, performed in a dramatic manner,32,36, n.1.Ballet,48,275,351.Bāṇa, the Asura,242,243.Bāṇa, writer (A.D.625),29,76,91,171,182, n.3,366.Bāṇa,seeVāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa.Bandhurā, a go-between,262.Barbaras, speech of,336;excluded from theatres,370.Barygaza, Bharukacchā, as port through which Greek influence came,60.Battles, in the drama,347,351.Baudhāyana, censures actors,363.Bearer of fans, where placed in the auditorium,370.Benediction, seeNāndīandBharatavākya.Bengal, Sanskrit used in,287.Bengālī recension, of theVikramorvaçī,151;theÇakuntalā,154,155;theVeṇīsaṁhāra,219.Bernhardt, Sarah,322, n.2.Bhādānakas, use of Apabhraṅça by,287.Bhadravatī, elephant,108.Bhāgurāyaṇa, in theMudrārākṣasa,205,235.Bhairavānanda, a magician,234.Bhāmaha, writer on poetics,102.Bhānudatta, views on sentiment,319.Bhānumatī, queen of Duryodhana,213,215,219,300.Bharata, alleged author of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,41,150,191,343,344,349,362,364.Bharata, brother of Rāma,189,224.[375]Bharata, son of Duḥṣanta,154,157.Bhārata tribe,30.Bhāravi, poet,265,284.Bharhut sculptures, dance represented on,350, n.2.Bhartṛhari, poet,366;celebrated in theBhartṛharinirveda,248.Bhartṛmeṇṭha,232.Bhāsa, dramatist,42,51,66,70,73,74,87,91–126,147,161,185,187, n.2,243,270,286,292,300,301, n.4,305,311,335,336,341,342,346,347,353,354,371, n.2.Bhāskaradatta, a Mahārāja,204.Bhāskara Kavi, author of theUnmattarāghava,268.Bhāṭ, reciters,30.Bhaṭṭa Gopāla, grandfather of Bhavabhūti,186.Bhaṭṭa Lollaṭa, doctrine of sentiment,316.Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, author of theVeṇīsaṁhāra,83,212–19.Bhattanatha Svamin, on date of Murāri,225.Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka, writer on poetics,291,317,318,320,321.Bhavabhūti, dramatist,42,139,161,186–203,209,217,225,226,227,232,239,247,257,271,281,284,297,301,311,343, n.1,352,353,364.Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava,95,96,97,109,213,214,215,216,218,266,304,329,340.Bhīmadeva II, the Cālukya,256.Bhīmaṭa, author ofSvapnadaçānana,239.Bhīmeçvara, procession of the god,248.Bhīṣma, preceptor of the Kauravas,97.Bhoja (11th cent.), writer on poetics (JRAS. 1923, p. 545 ff.),143,325, n.1,331.Bhujan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,263,264.Bhūrivasu, a minister,187.Bhūtas, honoured in the preliminaries of the drama,340.Bhuvanapāla, minister of Saṁgrāmasiṅha,249.Bidyāpati Ṭhākur, Maithilī dramatist,243.Bilhaṇa, author of theKarṇasundarī,256.Bimbisāra, king of Magadha,43.Bloch, Th., on the Greek origin of the Indian theatre,67.Bourgeois Comedy, seePrakaraṇaandPrakaraṇikā.Boy, suggested marriage to, as a motif,234,235,256.Bṛhannalā, a eunuch,335.Brahmā, as creator of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,13,41.Brahmadeva, of Raypur,270.Brahmin and hetaera, dialogue of,39,73.Brahminical supremacy, in Bhāsa,110;in Kālidāsa,160;in Bhavabhūti,197;theory of life,281.Brahmin,81,276,277,281,282,283,306;as theVidūṣaka,310,311;address of,314;as hero of thePrakaraṇa,346;theÇilpaka,351;seats for,359;colour of,366;where placed in the auditorium,370.Brajbhāshā,41.Breach of alliance (saṁghātya),327.Buddha, the,81,82,87,179;statues of the,58;as a dramatic character,306.Buddharakṣitā, in theMālatīmādhava,198.Buddhism, disapproved,252,253.Buddhist monk,135;nun,193,335.Buddhists, and the drama,42,44,174,175,284;addressed as Bhadanta,314.
[Contents]BBābhravya, chamberlain of Vatsa,171,173.Bāhlika, or Bālhika, a people, colour of,366.Bakchai, of Euripides,59.Baktria, Greek rule in,57.Baladeva,48.Bāla-Vālmīki, sobriquet of Murāri,225.Bali, binding of, performed in a dramatic manner,32,36, n.1.Ballet,48,275,351.Bāṇa, the Asura,242,243.Bāṇa, writer (A.D.625),29,76,91,171,182, n.3,366.Bāṇa,seeVāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa.Bandhurā, a go-between,262.Barbaras, speech of,336;excluded from theatres,370.Barygaza, Bharukacchā, as port through which Greek influence came,60.Battles, in the drama,347,351.Baudhāyana, censures actors,363.Bearer of fans, where placed in the auditorium,370.Benediction, seeNāndīandBharatavākya.Bengal, Sanskrit used in,287.Bengālī recension, of theVikramorvaçī,151;theÇakuntalā,154,155;theVeṇīsaṁhāra,219.Bernhardt, Sarah,322, n.2.Bhādānakas, use of Apabhraṅça by,287.Bhadravatī, elephant,108.Bhāgurāyaṇa, in theMudrārākṣasa,205,235.Bhairavānanda, a magician,234.Bhāmaha, writer on poetics,102.Bhānudatta, views on sentiment,319.Bhānumatī, queen of Duryodhana,213,215,219,300.Bharata, alleged author of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,41,150,191,343,344,349,362,364.Bharata, brother of Rāma,189,224.[375]Bharata, son of Duḥṣanta,154,157.Bhārata tribe,30.Bhāravi, poet,265,284.Bharhut sculptures, dance represented on,350, n.2.Bhartṛhari, poet,366;celebrated in theBhartṛharinirveda,248.Bhartṛmeṇṭha,232.Bhāsa, dramatist,42,51,66,70,73,74,87,91–126,147,161,185,187, n.2,243,270,286,292,300,301, n.4,305,311,335,336,341,342,346,347,353,354,371, n.2.Bhāskaradatta, a Mahārāja,204.Bhāskara Kavi, author of theUnmattarāghava,268.Bhāṭ, reciters,30.Bhaṭṭa Gopāla, grandfather of Bhavabhūti,186.Bhaṭṭa Lollaṭa, doctrine of sentiment,316.Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, author of theVeṇīsaṁhāra,83,212–19.Bhattanatha Svamin, on date of Murāri,225.Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka, writer on poetics,291,317,318,320,321.Bhavabhūti, dramatist,42,139,161,186–203,209,217,225,226,227,232,239,247,257,271,281,284,297,301,311,343, n.1,352,353,364.Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava,95,96,97,109,213,214,215,216,218,266,304,329,340.Bhīmadeva II, the Cālukya,256.Bhīmaṭa, author ofSvapnadaçānana,239.Bhīmeçvara, procession of the god,248.Bhīṣma, preceptor of the Kauravas,97.Bhoja (11th cent.), writer on poetics (JRAS. 1923, p. 545 ff.),143,325, n.1,331.Bhujan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,263,264.Bhūrivasu, a minister,187.Bhūtas, honoured in the preliminaries of the drama,340.Bhuvanapāla, minister of Saṁgrāmasiṅha,249.Bidyāpati Ṭhākur, Maithilī dramatist,243.Bilhaṇa, author of theKarṇasundarī,256.Bimbisāra, king of Magadha,43.Bloch, Th., on the Greek origin of the Indian theatre,67.Bourgeois Comedy, seePrakaraṇaandPrakaraṇikā.Boy, suggested marriage to, as a motif,234,235,256.Bṛhannalā, a eunuch,335.Brahmā, as creator of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,13,41.Brahmadeva, of Raypur,270.Brahmin and hetaera, dialogue of,39,73.Brahminical supremacy, in Bhāsa,110;in Kālidāsa,160;in Bhavabhūti,197;theory of life,281.Brahmin,81,276,277,281,282,283,306;as theVidūṣaka,310,311;address of,314;as hero of thePrakaraṇa,346;theÇilpaka,351;seats for,359;colour of,366;where placed in the auditorium,370.Brajbhāshā,41.Breach of alliance (saṁghātya),327.Buddha, the,81,82,87,179;statues of the,58;as a dramatic character,306.Buddharakṣitā, in theMālatīmādhava,198.Buddhism, disapproved,252,253.Buddhist monk,135;nun,193,335.Buddhists, and the drama,42,44,174,175,284;addressed as Bhadanta,314.
[Contents]BBābhravya, chamberlain of Vatsa,171,173.Bāhlika, or Bālhika, a people, colour of,366.Bakchai, of Euripides,59.Baktria, Greek rule in,57.Baladeva,48.Bāla-Vālmīki, sobriquet of Murāri,225.Bali, binding of, performed in a dramatic manner,32,36, n.1.Ballet,48,275,351.Bāṇa, the Asura,242,243.Bāṇa, writer (A.D.625),29,76,91,171,182, n.3,366.Bāṇa,seeVāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa.Bandhurā, a go-between,262.Barbaras, speech of,336;excluded from theatres,370.Barygaza, Bharukacchā, as port through which Greek influence came,60.Battles, in the drama,347,351.Baudhāyana, censures actors,363.Bearer of fans, where placed in the auditorium,370.Benediction, seeNāndīandBharatavākya.Bengal, Sanskrit used in,287.Bengālī recension, of theVikramorvaçī,151;theÇakuntalā,154,155;theVeṇīsaṁhāra,219.Bernhardt, Sarah,322, n.2.Bhādānakas, use of Apabhraṅça by,287.Bhadravatī, elephant,108.Bhāgurāyaṇa, in theMudrārākṣasa,205,235.Bhairavānanda, a magician,234.Bhāmaha, writer on poetics,102.Bhānudatta, views on sentiment,319.Bhānumatī, queen of Duryodhana,213,215,219,300.Bharata, alleged author of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,41,150,191,343,344,349,362,364.Bharata, brother of Rāma,189,224.[375]Bharata, son of Duḥṣanta,154,157.Bhārata tribe,30.Bhāravi, poet,265,284.Bharhut sculptures, dance represented on,350, n.2.Bhartṛhari, poet,366;celebrated in theBhartṛharinirveda,248.Bhartṛmeṇṭha,232.Bhāsa, dramatist,42,51,66,70,73,74,87,91–126,147,161,185,187, n.2,243,270,286,292,300,301, n.4,305,311,335,336,341,342,346,347,353,354,371, n.2.Bhāskaradatta, a Mahārāja,204.Bhāskara Kavi, author of theUnmattarāghava,268.Bhāṭ, reciters,30.Bhaṭṭa Gopāla, grandfather of Bhavabhūti,186.Bhaṭṭa Lollaṭa, doctrine of sentiment,316.Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, author of theVeṇīsaṁhāra,83,212–19.Bhattanatha Svamin, on date of Murāri,225.Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka, writer on poetics,291,317,318,320,321.Bhavabhūti, dramatist,42,139,161,186–203,209,217,225,226,227,232,239,247,257,271,281,284,297,301,311,343, n.1,352,353,364.Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava,95,96,97,109,213,214,215,216,218,266,304,329,340.Bhīmadeva II, the Cālukya,256.Bhīmaṭa, author ofSvapnadaçānana,239.Bhīmeçvara, procession of the god,248.Bhīṣma, preceptor of the Kauravas,97.Bhoja (11th cent.), writer on poetics (JRAS. 1923, p. 545 ff.),143,325, n.1,331.Bhujan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,263,264.Bhūrivasu, a minister,187.Bhūtas, honoured in the preliminaries of the drama,340.Bhuvanapāla, minister of Saṁgrāmasiṅha,249.Bidyāpati Ṭhākur, Maithilī dramatist,243.Bilhaṇa, author of theKarṇasundarī,256.Bimbisāra, king of Magadha,43.Bloch, Th., on the Greek origin of the Indian theatre,67.Bourgeois Comedy, seePrakaraṇaandPrakaraṇikā.Boy, suggested marriage to, as a motif,234,235,256.Bṛhannalā, a eunuch,335.Brahmā, as creator of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,13,41.Brahmadeva, of Raypur,270.Brahmin and hetaera, dialogue of,39,73.Brahminical supremacy, in Bhāsa,110;in Kālidāsa,160;in Bhavabhūti,197;theory of life,281.Brahmin,81,276,277,281,282,283,306;as theVidūṣaka,310,311;address of,314;as hero of thePrakaraṇa,346;theÇilpaka,351;seats for,359;colour of,366;where placed in the auditorium,370.Brajbhāshā,41.Breach of alliance (saṁghātya),327.Buddha, the,81,82,87,179;statues of the,58;as a dramatic character,306.Buddharakṣitā, in theMālatīmādhava,198.Buddhism, disapproved,252,253.Buddhist monk,135;nun,193,335.Buddhists, and the drama,42,44,174,175,284;addressed as Bhadanta,314.
B
Bābhravya, chamberlain of Vatsa,171,173.Bāhlika, or Bālhika, a people, colour of,366.Bakchai, of Euripides,59.Baktria, Greek rule in,57.Baladeva,48.Bāla-Vālmīki, sobriquet of Murāri,225.Bali, binding of, performed in a dramatic manner,32,36, n.1.Ballet,48,275,351.Bāṇa, the Asura,242,243.Bāṇa, writer (A.D.625),29,76,91,171,182, n.3,366.Bāṇa,seeVāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa.Bandhurā, a go-between,262.Barbaras, speech of,336;excluded from theatres,370.Barygaza, Bharukacchā, as port through which Greek influence came,60.Battles, in the drama,347,351.Baudhāyana, censures actors,363.Bearer of fans, where placed in the auditorium,370.Benediction, seeNāndīandBharatavākya.Bengal, Sanskrit used in,287.Bengālī recension, of theVikramorvaçī,151;theÇakuntalā,154,155;theVeṇīsaṁhāra,219.Bernhardt, Sarah,322, n.2.Bhādānakas, use of Apabhraṅça by,287.Bhadravatī, elephant,108.Bhāgurāyaṇa, in theMudrārākṣasa,205,235.Bhairavānanda, a magician,234.Bhāmaha, writer on poetics,102.Bhānudatta, views on sentiment,319.Bhānumatī, queen of Duryodhana,213,215,219,300.Bharata, alleged author of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,41,150,191,343,344,349,362,364.Bharata, brother of Rāma,189,224.[375]Bharata, son of Duḥṣanta,154,157.Bhārata tribe,30.Bhāravi, poet,265,284.Bharhut sculptures, dance represented on,350, n.2.Bhartṛhari, poet,366;celebrated in theBhartṛharinirveda,248.Bhartṛmeṇṭha,232.Bhāsa, dramatist,42,51,66,70,73,74,87,91–126,147,161,185,187, n.2,243,270,286,292,300,301, n.4,305,311,335,336,341,342,346,347,353,354,371, n.2.Bhāskaradatta, a Mahārāja,204.Bhāskara Kavi, author of theUnmattarāghava,268.Bhāṭ, reciters,30.Bhaṭṭa Gopāla, grandfather of Bhavabhūti,186.Bhaṭṭa Lollaṭa, doctrine of sentiment,316.Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, author of theVeṇīsaṁhāra,83,212–19.Bhattanatha Svamin, on date of Murāri,225.Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka, writer on poetics,291,317,318,320,321.Bhavabhūti, dramatist,42,139,161,186–203,209,217,225,226,227,232,239,247,257,271,281,284,297,301,311,343, n.1,352,353,364.Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava,95,96,97,109,213,214,215,216,218,266,304,329,340.Bhīmadeva II, the Cālukya,256.Bhīmaṭa, author ofSvapnadaçānana,239.Bhīmeçvara, procession of the god,248.Bhīṣma, preceptor of the Kauravas,97.Bhoja (11th cent.), writer on poetics (JRAS. 1923, p. 545 ff.),143,325, n.1,331.Bhujan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,263,264.Bhūrivasu, a minister,187.Bhūtas, honoured in the preliminaries of the drama,340.Bhuvanapāla, minister of Saṁgrāmasiṅha,249.Bidyāpati Ṭhākur, Maithilī dramatist,243.Bilhaṇa, author of theKarṇasundarī,256.Bimbisāra, king of Magadha,43.Bloch, Th., on the Greek origin of the Indian theatre,67.Bourgeois Comedy, seePrakaraṇaandPrakaraṇikā.Boy, suggested marriage to, as a motif,234,235,256.Bṛhannalā, a eunuch,335.Brahmā, as creator of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,13,41.Brahmadeva, of Raypur,270.Brahmin and hetaera, dialogue of,39,73.Brahminical supremacy, in Bhāsa,110;in Kālidāsa,160;in Bhavabhūti,197;theory of life,281.Brahmin,81,276,277,281,282,283,306;as theVidūṣaka,310,311;address of,314;as hero of thePrakaraṇa,346;theÇilpaka,351;seats for,359;colour of,366;where placed in the auditorium,370.Brajbhāshā,41.Breach of alliance (saṁghātya),327.Buddha, the,81,82,87,179;statues of the,58;as a dramatic character,306.Buddharakṣitā, in theMālatīmādhava,198.Buddhism, disapproved,252,253.Buddhist monk,135;nun,193,335.Buddhists, and the drama,42,44,174,175,284;addressed as Bhadanta,314.
Bābhravya, chamberlain of Vatsa,171,173.
Bāhlika, or Bālhika, a people, colour of,366.
Bakchai, of Euripides,59.
Baktria, Greek rule in,57.
Baladeva,48.
Bāla-Vālmīki, sobriquet of Murāri,225.
Bali, binding of, performed in a dramatic manner,32,36, n.1.
Ballet,48,275,351.
Bāṇa, the Asura,242,243.
Bāṇa, writer (A.D.625),29,76,91,171,182, n.3,366.
Bāṇa,seeVāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa.
Bandhurā, a go-between,262.
Barbaras, speech of,336;excluded from theatres,370.
Barygaza, Bharukacchā, as port through which Greek influence came,60.
Battles, in the drama,347,351.
Baudhāyana, censures actors,363.
Bearer of fans, where placed in the auditorium,370.
Benediction, seeNāndīandBharatavākya.
Bengal, Sanskrit used in,287.
Bengālī recension, of theVikramorvaçī,151;theÇakuntalā,154,155;theVeṇīsaṁhāra,219.
Bernhardt, Sarah,322, n.2.
Bhādānakas, use of Apabhraṅça by,287.
Bhadravatī, elephant,108.
Bhāgurāyaṇa, in theMudrārākṣasa,205,235.
Bhairavānanda, a magician,234.
Bhāmaha, writer on poetics,102.
Bhānudatta, views on sentiment,319.
Bhānumatī, queen of Duryodhana,213,215,219,300.
Bharata, alleged author of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,41,150,191,343,344,349,362,364.
Bharata, brother of Rāma,189,224.[375]
Bharata, son of Duḥṣanta,154,157.
Bhārata tribe,30.
Bhāravi, poet,265,284.
Bharhut sculptures, dance represented on,350, n.2.
Bhartṛhari, poet,366;celebrated in theBhartṛharinirveda,248.
Bhartṛmeṇṭha,232.
Bhāsa, dramatist,42,51,66,70,73,74,87,91–126,147,161,185,187, n.2,243,270,286,292,300,301, n.4,305,311,335,336,341,342,346,347,353,354,371, n.2.
Bhāskaradatta, a Mahārāja,204.
Bhāskara Kavi, author of theUnmattarāghava,268.
Bhāṭ, reciters,30.
Bhaṭṭa Gopāla, grandfather of Bhavabhūti,186.
Bhaṭṭa Lollaṭa, doctrine of sentiment,316.
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, author of theVeṇīsaṁhāra,83,212–19.
Bhattanatha Svamin, on date of Murāri,225.
Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka, writer on poetics,291,317,318,320,321.
Bhavabhūti, dramatist,42,139,161,186–203,209,217,225,226,227,232,239,247,257,271,281,284,297,301,311,343, n.1,352,353,364.
Bhīma, a Pāṇḍava,95,96,97,109,213,214,215,216,218,266,304,329,340.
Bhīmadeva II, the Cālukya,256.
Bhīmaṭa, author ofSvapnadaçānana,239.
Bhīmeçvara, procession of the god,248.
Bhīṣma, preceptor of the Kauravas,97.
Bhoja (11th cent.), writer on poetics (JRAS. 1923, p. 545 ff.),143,325, n.1,331.
Bhujan̄gaçekhara, aViṭa,263,264.
Bhūrivasu, a minister,187.
Bhūtas, honoured in the preliminaries of the drama,340.
Bhuvanapāla, minister of Saṁgrāmasiṅha,249.
Bidyāpati Ṭhākur, Maithilī dramatist,243.
Bilhaṇa, author of theKarṇasundarī,256.
Bimbisāra, king of Magadha,43.
Bloch, Th., on the Greek origin of the Indian theatre,67.
Bourgeois Comedy, seePrakaraṇaandPrakaraṇikā.
Boy, suggested marriage to, as a motif,234,235,256.
Bṛhannalā, a eunuch,335.
Brahmā, as creator of theNāṭyaçāstra,12,13,41.
Brahmadeva, of Raypur,270.
Brahmin and hetaera, dialogue of,39,73.
Brahminical supremacy, in Bhāsa,110;in Kālidāsa,160;in Bhavabhūti,197;theory of life,281.
Brahmin,81,276,277,281,282,283,306;as theVidūṣaka,310,311;address of,314;as hero of thePrakaraṇa,346;theÇilpaka,351;seats for,359;colour of,366;where placed in the auditorium,370.
Brajbhāshā,41.
Breach of alliance (saṁghātya),327.
Buddha, the,81,82,87,179;statues of the,58;as a dramatic character,306.
Buddharakṣitā, in theMālatīmādhava,198.
Buddhism, disapproved,252,253.
Buddhist monk,135;nun,193,335.
Buddhists, and the drama,42,44,174,175,284;addressed as Bhadanta,314.