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Makkaṭaho, dubious form in Açvaghoṣa, 89.
Mati, reason, as a character, 251, 252.
Matta, in Bhāsa, later metta, 122.
Mattavilāsa, by Mahendravikramavarman, 93, 182–5.
Matsya Purāṇa, 156.
Mada, intoxication, as an internal juncture, 303.
Madhyamavyāyoga, by Bhāsa, 94, 106, 111, 123.
Madhyā, partly experienced (heroine), 308.
Mantrān̄kanāṭaka, Act III of the Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa, 371, n. 2.
Mantrin, minister, 312.
Mandākrāntā, metre, 166, 203, 212.
Manmathonmathana, by Rāma, 267, 347.
Mallikāmāruta, by Uddaṇḍin or Uddaṇḍanātha, 221, 257, 258.
Mahattarā, duenna, 313.
Mahājanakajātaka, alleged dramatic character of, 43, n. 1. [401]
Mahādevī, chief queen, 312.
Mahānāṭaka, type of drama, 232, 345.
Mahānāṭaka or Hanumannāṭaka, 56, 151, 244, n. 2, 246, 270–2, 273, 345.
Mahābhārata, 52, 54, 95, n. 2, 97, 105, 157, 247, 253, 265, 281.
Mahābhāṣya, 28, 36, 45, 48, 49, 53, 56, 57, 58, 71, 362, 363;
evidence of, as to existence of the drama, 31–3.
Mahāyānaçraddhotpāda, by Açvaghoṣa, 80.
Mahāvaṅsa, 44.
Mahāvīracarita, by Bhavabhūti, 187, 188, 192, 193, 194, 203, 228, 229, 297, 302, 306, 325, 326, 327, 344, n. 1, 353.
Mā, with the gerund, in Bhāsa, 122.
Māgadhī, a Prākrit, 70, 74, 86, 87, 88, 122, 141, 142, 166, 185, 211, 212, 219, 256, 287, 336.
Mādhurya, grace as a quality of the hero, 307.
Mādhurya, sweetness of style, 331.
Māyākuran̄gikā, a specimen of the Īhāmṛga, 346, n. 2.
Mārasaṁyutta, alleged dramatic character of, 43, n. 1.
Mārṣa, as mode of address, 361.
Mālatīmādhava, by Bhavabhūti, 62, 66, 82, 131, 151, 186, 187, 188, 192, 193, 199, 203, 257, 280, 302, 306, 308, 311, 313, 326, 338, 343, n. 1, 344, 349, 353, 361, 369.
Mālavikā, a specimen of the Vīthī, 349.
Mālavikāgnimitra, by Kālidāsa, 42, 124, 127, 147–9, 155, 156, 159, 160, 164, 167, 175, 302, 303, 327, 329, 343, n. 1, 349, 350.
Mālā, statement in succession, 330.
Mālinī, metre, 123, 142, 166, 181, 185, 203, 212, 219, 272.
Māhārāṣṭrī, a Prākrit, 70, 73, 89, 130, 141, 146, 166, 181, 211, 212, 236, 240, 256, 335, 336, 337.
Mithyājñānaviḍambana, by Ravidāsa, 345.
Mithyādṛṣṭi, heresy, as a character, 252.
Milindapañha, 54.
Miçra, combined (plot), 296.
Mukuṭatāḍitaka, by Bāṇa, 182, n. 3.
Mukundānanda, by Kāçīpati Kavirāja, 264.
Mukha, first juncture of the plot, 298.
Mugdhā, inexperienced (heroine), 308.
Mudrārākṣasa, (the drama of) Rākṣasa and his seal-ring, by Viçākhadatta, 62, 66, 205–12, 327, 335, n. 3, 341, 342, 344, 352.
Mudritakumudacandra, (the drama of) Kumudacandra put to silence, by Yaçaçcandra, 260.
Mṛgān̄kalekhā, by Viçvanātha, son of Trimaladeva, 257, n. 1.
Mṛcchakaṭikā (for an implausible conjecture as to date (7th or 8th cent.) and author, see J. Carpentier, JRAS., 1923, pp. 597 ff.), 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 74, 77, 82, 84, 92, 93, 104, 107, 123, n. 3, 128–42, 153, 161, 192, 193, 280, 286, 305, 309, 311, 314, n. 2, 335, n. 3, 336, 337, 346, 363, 365, 369, n. 2.
Mṛdava, turning of evil into good, 329.
Meghadūta, by Kālidāsa, 76, 145, 167;
imitated by Bhavabhūti, 193.
Moṭṭāyita, manifestations of affection, 310.
Moha, confusion, as a character, 251, 252.
Mohamudgara, 239.