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Ladies, of the harem, where placed in the auditorium, 370;
see also Heroines and Hetaerae.
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 the Kautukaratnākara, 263.
Lakṣmaṇa Sūri, author of the Ḍillīsāmrājya, 251.
Lakṣmī, the goddess, 268, 274.
Lakṣmīpati, a prince, 258, 259.
Laments, of women, permitted in the An̄ka, 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 indien of, 5;
theory of origin of the drama, 15;
views on the origin of the Vidūṣaka, 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.
Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, author of the Kṛṣṇābhyudaya, 268.
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.
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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.