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A scholarly study traces the origins, development, theory, and practice of classical Indian drama written in Sanskrit and Prākrit, examining ritual and Vedic antecedents, the Nāṭyaśāstra’s account of divine origin, and debates prompted by newly discovered early fragments. It analyzes major dramatists and representative plays through the first millennium, outlines technical principles of poetics and stagecraft—such as rasa, characterization, metre, and performance conventions—and distinguishes theoretical prescriptions from later imitative works. The author confines discussion to literary-dramatic traditions, omitting vernacular theatre, and emphasizes how textual confusion in sources complicates but also illuminates understanding of classical dramatic art.

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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.

Literary drama, 56, 273.

Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, author of the Kṛṣṇābhyudaya, 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 see Verse.