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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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V

Vaaṁ, vayaṁ, ‘we’, in Açvaghoṣa’s and Bhāsa’s Prākrits, 89, 122.

Vaṅçasthā, metre, 123, 142, 166, 185, 203, 212.

Vaṅkṣū, Oxus, 144, n. 5.

Vajrasūcī, by Açvaghoṣa, 80.

Vat, nominative of stems in, 87.

Vatsa, as style of address, 314.

Vannīkāhi, in Açvaghoṣa, 87.

Vayasya, as style of address, 314.

Vara, frequent use of, in Bhāsa, 120.

Varṇānyatva, change of colour or difference of colour, 35.

Varṣadhara, eunuch, 313.

Vasantatilaka, metre, 123, 142, 166, 181, 185, 203, 212, 219, 236, 240, 246, 253, 258, 272.

Vasantatilaka, by Varadācārya, 263.

Vastu, plot, 296–305.

Vastūtthāpana, creation of an object, 327.

Vācika (sentiment), produced by words, 315, n. 1.

Vācikābhinaya, expression by words, 367.

Vāsakasajjā (heroine), in full dress, 309.

Vāsantikasvapna, by R. Kṛṣṇamachari, 251.

Vāsavadattā, by Subandhu, 76.

Vikāsa, expansion of the mind, 320.

Vikramorvaçī, by Kālidāsa, 62, 66, 124, 126, 146, 147, 149–52, 156, 157, 159, 160, 167, 193, 233, 268, 275, 278, 328, 329, 339, n. 1, 342, 343, 350.

Vikrāntaçūdraka, a drama, 129, n. 4.

Vikṣepa, movement to and fro of the mind as connected with sentiment, 320.

Vijayaçrī, by Madana Bālasarasvatī, 256.

Viṭa, parasite, 65, 132, 135, 136, 177, 193, 263, 311, 326, 334, 346, 356.

Vidagdhamādhava, by Rūpa Gosvāmin, 247.

Vidūṣaka, jester, 28, 39, 40, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 62, 65, 66, 67, 73, 81, 82, 84, 107, 108, 133, 141, 156, 158, 159, 160, 176, 177, 234, 235, 237, 254, 263, 264, 270, 299, 310, 311, 313, 314, 326, 328, 334, 340, 351, 361.

Vidyā, as a character, 251, 252.

Vidyāpariṇayana, by Vedakavi, 253.

Vidyunmālā, metre, 142.

Viddhaçālabhañjikā, by Rājaçekhara, 232, 234, 235, 300.

Viprayoga, sundering, as form of the erotic sentiment, 323.

Vipralabdhā, deceived (heroine), 309.

Vipralambha, sundering, as form of erotic sentiment, 323.

Vibhāva, determinants of sentiment, 315.

Vibhāṣās, conventional dialects used in drama, 337.

Vimadda, in Açvaghoṣa for vimarda, 89.

Vimarça, fourth juncture of the plot, 299.

Vimoktukāma, irregular form in Bhāsa, 121.

Viya, in Açvaghoṣa, 88.

Virahotkaṇṭhitā, type of heroine, 309.

Vilāsa, vivacity as quality of the hero, 307.

Vilāsikā, a form of drama, 351.

Viveka, discrimination, 251, 252.

Vivekacandra, as allegorical character, 254.

Viṣkambha or Viṣkambhaka, introductory scene, 110, 301, 302. [403]

Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 100.

Visūkadassana, spectacle, 43.

Vistara, expansion of the mind, 320.

Vismaya, astonishment, as basis of sentiment, 323.

Vījanti, irregular form in Bhāsa, 120.

Vītarāgastuti, by Hemacandra, 255.

Vīthī, ‘garland’, 295, 296, 328, 329, 348, 349, 353.

Vīra, heroism as a sentiment, 323.

Vīrabhadravijṛmbhaṇa, 328, n. 3.

Vīravijaya, by Kṛṣṇamiçra, 267.

Vṛttis, dramatic styles, 326–9.

Vṛddhi, sense of, 36, n. 1.

Vṛṣabhānujā, by Mathurādāsa, 257.

Veṇīsaṁhāra, by Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, 83, 212–9, 300, 304, 326, 328, 340, 344, n. 1, 353, 361.

Vetālapañcaviṅçati, 129, 174.

Vedāntasāra, by Sadānanda, 318, n. 2.

Veṣṭita, stage costumes, 365.

Vaitālīya, metre, 123, 167.

Vaiçika, connoisseur of hetaerae, 307, n. 1.

Vaiçvadevī, metre, 123, 142.

Vyaktiviveka, by Mahiman Bhaṭṭa, 294.

Vyañjanā, the doctrine of suggestion, 318.

Vyabhicārin, transitory (feelings), 315.

Vyājima, kind of stage properties, 365.

Vyāmiçraka, possible reference to plays, 29.

Vyāyoga, a type of drama, 95, 96, 247, 264–6, 296, 344, 347, 353.

Vyutpatti, aesthetic equipment, 318.

Vyūḍhoras, irregular compound in Bhāsa, 121.