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[Contents]LLadies, of the harem, where placed in the auditorium,370;see alsoHeroinesandHetaerae.Lagidai, rule of, in Alexandria,60.Lakṣmaṇa, brother of Rāma,42,100,105,115,119,189,190,223,226,227,228,229,245,246,269,271,303.Lakṣmaṇa Māṇikyadeva, patron of, author of theKautukaratnākara,263.Lakṣmaṇa Sūri, author of theḌillīsāmrājya,251.Lakṣmī, the goddess,268,274.Lakṣmīpati, a prince,258,259.Laments, of women, permitted in theAn̄ka,348.Language, of Açvaghoṣa,85–9;Bhāsa,120–2;Mṛcchakaṭikā,140–2;Kālidāsa,166;Harṣa,181;Mahendravikramavarman,185;Bhavabhūti,203;Viçākhadatta,211,212;Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa,219;Rājaçekhara,236.Lan̄kā, mythical home of Rāvaṇa, not Ceylon,190,194.Lāṭa, use of Prākrit in,287.Lava, son of Rāma,31,191,192,194,195,223,224.Lāvaṇyasiṅha, son of Tejaḥpāla,249.Legendary origin of the dramatic art,12,13;of the theory of drama,290.Legends, altered in the drama,297,346,348.Letter, as a dramatic motif,63,303.Lévi, Prof. S.,Théâtre indienof,5;theory of origin of the drama,15;views on the origin of theVidūṣaka,66;the Çakas and the drama,69–72;other references to,128,208.Life, lack of criticism on,160,195,196,197,280,281,354.Light-hearted, hero,305.Lion throne, royal box,370.Literary antecedents of, and influences on, the Sanskrit drama,75–7.Literary drama,56,273.Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, author of theKṛṣṇābhyudaya,268.Lopāmudrā, legend of,14,19.Loss of memory, as a dramatic motif,153,297.Love, as a character,151.Love, as a dramatic motif,278,285,286,310;as basis of sentiment,323,324;in Bhāsa,107;Mṛcchakaṭikā,130,138;Kālidāsa,159;Candaka,169;Harṣa,180;Bhavabhūti,196,198,199;Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa,219;Rājaçekhara,238.[383]Lovers, kinds of men, and women,307–9.Low moral character of actors,55,363.Loyal, hero,307.Lüders, Prof. Heinrich, theory of origin of the drama,33,34,35,53,272, n.1.Lyric choruses, Aristotle’s view as to,337, n.2.Lyric stanzas, in the drama,279,281,282,and seeVerse.

Ladies, of the harem, where placed in the auditorium,370;see alsoHeroinesandHetaerae.Lagidai, rule of, in Alexandria,60.Lakṣmaṇa, brother of Rāma,42,100,105,115,119,189,190,223,226,227,228,229,245,246,269,271,303.Lakṣmaṇa Māṇikyadeva, patron of, author of theKautukaratnākara,263.Lakṣmaṇa Sūri, author of theḌillīsāmrājya,251.Lakṣmī, the goddess,268,274.Lakṣmīpati, a prince,258,259.Laments, of women, permitted in theAn̄ka,348.Language, of Açvaghoṣa,85–9;Bhāsa,120–2;Mṛcchakaṭikā,140–2;Kālidāsa,166;Harṣa,181;Mahendravikramavarman,185;Bhavabhūti,203;Viçākhadatta,211,212;Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa,219;Rājaçekhara,236.Lan̄kā, mythical home of Rāvaṇa, not Ceylon,190,194.Lāṭa, use of Prākrit in,287.Lava, son of Rāma,31,191,192,194,195,223,224.Lāvaṇyasiṅha, son of Tejaḥpāla,249.Legendary origin of the dramatic art,12,13;of the theory of drama,290.Legends, altered in the drama,297,346,348.Letter, as a dramatic motif,63,303.Lévi, Prof. S.,Théâtre indienof,5;theory of origin of the drama,15;views on the origin of theVidūṣaka,66;the Çakas and the drama,69–72;other references to,128,208.Life, lack of criticism on,160,195,196,197,280,281,354.Light-hearted, hero,305.Lion throne, royal box,370.Literary antecedents of, and influences on, the Sanskrit drama,75–7.Literary drama,56,273.Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, author of theKṛṣṇābhyudaya,268.Lopāmudrā, legend of,14,19.Loss of memory, as a dramatic motif,153,297.Love, as a character,151.Love, as a dramatic motif,278,285,286,310;as basis of sentiment,323,324;in Bhāsa,107;Mṛcchakaṭikā,130,138;Kālidāsa,159;Candaka,169;Harṣa,180;Bhavabhūti,196,198,199;Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa,219;Rājaçekhara,238.[383]Lovers, kinds of men, and women,307–9.Low moral character of actors,55,363.Loyal, hero,307.Lüders, Prof. Heinrich, theory of origin of the drama,33,34,35,53,272, n.1.Lyric choruses, Aristotle’s view as to,337, n.2.Lyric stanzas, in the drama,279,281,282,and seeVerse.

Ladies, of the harem, where placed in the auditorium,370;see alsoHeroinesandHetaerae.

Lagidai, rule of, in Alexandria,60.

Lakṣmaṇa, brother of Rāma,42,100,105,115,119,189,190,223,226,227,228,229,245,246,269,271,303.

Lakṣmaṇa Māṇikyadeva, patron of, author of theKautukaratnākara,263.

Lakṣmaṇa Sūri, author of theḌillīsāmrājya,251.

Lakṣmī, the goddess,268,274.

Lakṣmīpati, a prince,258,259.

Laments, of women, permitted in theAn̄ka,348.

Language, of Açvaghoṣa,85–9;Bhāsa,120–2;Mṛcchakaṭikā,140–2;Kālidāsa,166;Harṣa,181;Mahendravikramavarman,185;Bhavabhūti,203;Viçākhadatta,211,212;Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa,219;Rājaçekhara,236.

Lan̄kā, mythical home of Rāvaṇa, not Ceylon,190,194.

Lāṭa, use of Prākrit in,287.

Lava, son of Rāma,31,191,192,194,195,223,224.

Lāvaṇyasiṅha, son of Tejaḥpāla,249.

Legendary origin of the dramatic art,12,13;of the theory of drama,290.

Legends, altered in the drama,297,346,348.

Letter, as a dramatic motif,63,303.

Lévi, Prof. S.,Théâtre indienof,5;theory of origin of the drama,15;views on the origin of theVidūṣaka,66;the Çakas and the drama,69–72;other references to,128,208.

Life, lack of criticism on,160,195,196,197,280,281,354.

Light-hearted, hero,305.

Lion throne, royal box,370.

Literary antecedents of, and influences on, the Sanskrit drama,75–7.

Literary drama,56,273.

Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, author of theKṛṣṇābhyudaya,268.

Lopāmudrā, legend of,14,19.

Loss of memory, as a dramatic motif,153,297.

Love, as a character,151.

Love, as a dramatic motif,278,285,286,310;as basis of sentiment,323,324;in Bhāsa,107;Mṛcchakaṭikā,130,138;Kālidāsa,159;Candaka,169;Harṣa,180;Bhavabhūti,196,198,199;Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa,219;Rājaçekhara,238.[383]

Lovers, kinds of men, and women,307–9.

Low moral character of actors,55,363.

Loyal, hero,307.

Lüders, Prof. Heinrich, theory of origin of the drama,33,34,35,53,272, n.1.

Lyric choruses, Aristotle’s view as to,337, n.2.

Lyric stanzas, in the drama,279,281,282,and seeVerse.

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