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Kabandha, headless demon, 228.
Kādī, or Kadī, Mīlacchrīkāra’s preceptor, 250.
Kaikeyī, wife of Daçaratha, 100, 101, 189, 227, 228.
Kaiyaṭa, on the Mahābhāṣya, 33.
Kalacuris, a royal house, 226, 232.
Kalahaṅsa, in the Mālatīmādhava, 193, 313.
Kalakaṇṭha, friend of Māruta, 257.
Kālapriya, probably Mahākāla, the deity of Ujjayinī, 186.
Kalhaṇa, historian, 129, 168, 220.
Kālidāsa, dramatist, 42, 58, 65, 76, 91, 93, 115, 120, 124–6, 127, 129, 139, 143–67, 196, 197, 239, 243, 256, 275, 280, 281, 284, 291, 292, 297, 309, 311, 334, 343, n. 1, 352, 353, 355, n. 3, 364.
Kalin̄ga, king, enemy of Vatsa, 173, 174.
Kalin̄gas, colour of, 366.
Kaliñjarapati, Bhīmaṭa described as, 239.
Kaliph of Baghdad, 250.
Kalivatsala, a licentious king, 262.
Kāliya, a demon foe of Kṛṣṇa, 99, 106.
Kāma, worship of, 172.
Kāmandakī, in the Mālatīmādhava, 187, 188, 193, 302, 361, 362.
Kanakalatā, a heroine, 264.
Kanakalekhā, a princess saved by Mantragupta, 193, n. 2.
Kanarese words, found in a Greek comedy, 60, n. 2.
Kāñcana Paṇḍita, author of the Dhanaṁjayavijaya, 266.
Kāñcī, described in the Mattavilāsa, 183.
Kaṅsa, uncle of Kṛṣṇa, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 45, 48, 73, 98, 99, 116.
Kaṇva, foster-father of Çakuntalā, 152, 153, 302, 303, 325.
Kapālakuṇḍalā, a sorceress, 188.
Kāpālika, in the Mitrāṇanda, 259;
endeavours to sacrifice Madanamañjarī, 193 n. 2.
Kāpālikas, 313.
Kapālin, in the Mattavilāsa, 182, 184.
Kapittha, a monkey, 233.
Karṇa, ally of the Kauravas, 96, 106, 115, 213, 214, 215.
Karṇa, king of Cedi, 251.
Karṇadeva Trailokyamalla, of Aṇhilvāḍ, 256.
Karṇapūraka, slave of Vasantasenā, 141.
Karṇasundarī, a princess, 256.
Karṇīsuta, text-book by, on gambling, 134.
Karpaṭa, an authority on thieves’ practice, 182.
Karpūramañjarī, a princess, 234, 235.
Kārtyāyanī, a deity, 99.
Kāçi, colour of people of, 366.
Kāçīpati Kavirāja, author of the Mukundānanda, 264.
Kāçmīrī, recension of the Çakuntalā, 154.
Kashmir, dramatic exhibitions in, 371;
pronunciation of Sanskrit in, 287;
Hūṇas in, 144.
Kāṭayavema, commentator on Kālidāsa, 151, 154.
Kātyāyana, the grammarian, 31.
Kaumudī, heroine of the Kaumudīmitrāṇanda, 258, 259.
Kauṇḍinya, in the Çāriputraprakaraṇa, 82.
Kauçalyā, mother of Rāma, 191, 195.
Kauçāmbī, scene of the Ratnāvalī, 171.
Kauçikī, in the Mālavikāgnimitra, 148, 155, 156, 162, 165, 308.
Kavikarṇapūra, author of the Caitanyacandrodaya, 84, 85, 353.
Kaviputra, or Kaviputrau, dramatists, 91, 127, 128, 147.
Kavirāja, an ancestor of Rājaçekhara, 231.
Kāvya, Sanskrit, 71, 75, 76;
style, 115, 283, 284.
Keepers of drink shops, speech of, 88, 336.
Keçava, 48.
Keçin, a demon foe of Kṛṣṇa, 99.
Keyūravarṣa, Yuvarāja, of Tripurī, 232.
Khāravela of Kalin̄ga, 89.
Kharpara Khāna, a Mahomedan, 250.
Khasas, a people, speech of, 337.
Killing of animals forbidden by Kumārapāla, 253.
Kings, as patrons of literature, 286;
of actors, 362;
as heroes of the drama, 345, 347, 350, 366.
Kirātas, 312;
colour of, 366;
speech of, 336.
Kīrtivarman, king of Jejākabhukti, 251.
Kolāhalapura, city of uproar, 263.
Komudagandha, a Vidūṣaka, 84. [382]
Konow, Professor Sten, theory of origin of drama, 25, 49, 54;
various views of, 66, 81, 92, 94, 95, 129, 130, 141, 204, 225.
Korybantes, 20.
Kosala, king, enemy of Vatsa, 172, 177, 178.
Kosalas, a people, colour of, 366.
Koṭilin̄ga, Yuvarāja of, 264.
Kouretes, 20.
Kṛpa, ally of the Kauravas, 213, 214.
Kṛpāsundarī, a princess, 254, 255.
Kṛçāçvins, followers of Kṛçāçva, 31.
Kṛṣṇa, 17, 26, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 49, 50, 73, 83, 97, 98–100, 106, 107, 110, 130, 213, 215, 247, 257, 264, 266, 267, 270, 272, 274, and see Vāsudeva and Viṣṇu.
Kṛṣṇa Avadhūta Ghaṭikāçata Mahākavi, author of the Sarvavinodanāṭaka, 267.
Kṛṣṇa Kavi, author of the Çarmiṣṭhāyayāti, 268.
Kṛṣṇamachari, R., author of the Vāsantikasvapna, 251.
Kṛṣṇamiçra, author of the Prabodhacandrodaya, 84, 85, 112, 251–3, 353.
Kṛṣṇamiçra, author of the Vīravijaya, 267.
Kṛṣṇa Sūri, father of Mahādeva, 246.
Krakucchanda, a Buddha, 43.
Kṣatriya, 66, 81, 276;
colour of, 366;
seats for, 359.
Kṣemendra, of Kashmir, 236, 240, 247, 371.
Kṣemīçvara, or Kṣemendra, dramatist, 239–41.
Kulaçekharavarman, author of the Tapatīsaṁvaraṇa and Subhadrādhanaṁjaya, 247, 371, n. 2.
Kumāra, the god, 267;
grove of, 150.
Kumāradāsa of Ceylon, alleged connexion with Kālidāsa, 143.
Kumāragiri, king of Koṇḍavīḍu, 151.
Kumārapāla, Caulukya, king of Gujarāt, 253, 254, 258.
Kumāravihāra, at Thārāpadra, 254.
Kumārila, alleged to be a teacher of Bhavabhūti, 186.
Kumbhakarṇa, son of Rāvaṇa, 228, 233, 246.
Kumbhīlaka, servant of Vasantasenā, 141.
Kumudacandra, a Digambara teacher, 260.
Kumudikā, a hetaera, 133.
Kuran̄gī, a princess, 101, 109.
Kuça, son of Rāma, 30, 31, 191, 192.
Kuçalaka, a spy, 249.
Kuṣana, Kuṣāṇa, dynasty, 59.
Kuvalayā, an actress, 43.