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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.

[Contents]

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S, alone preserved in certain Prākrits, 87, 88, 122.

Saṁlāpa, dialogue, 327.

Saṁlāpaka, a form of drama, 351.

Saṁkalpasūryodaya, by Ven̄kaṭanātha, 253. [404]

Saṁkīrṇa, mixed form of Viṣkambhaka, 302.

Saṁkṛti, metre, appropriate to lively dialogue, 331.

Saṁkṣipti, construction of object, 327.

Saṁgamamaṇi, stone of reunion, 62.

Saṁgītadāmodara, unites ornaments and beauties, 330, n. 1.

Saṁghātya, breach of alliance, 327.

Saciva, as style of a minister, 314.

Saṭṭaka, a type of drama, 233, 350.

Sattva, element of goodness or truth, 318.

Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, dramatic form of the, 43.

Sandhi, junctures of the plot, 298–300.

Sandhima, kind of stage properties, 365.

Sandhyantara, divisions of junctures, 303.

Sabhāpati, patron of the drama, 370.

Samajja or Samāja, form of entertainment, 43, 85.

Samatā, homogeneity of style, 331.

Samavakāra, a type of drama, 97, 225, 266, 267, 268, 291, 346, 353.

Samāja, 85, and see Samajja.

Samādhi, metaphorical language, 331.

Samāçvāsitum, irregular form in Bhāsa, 121.

Samudramathana, by Vatsarāja, 267, 268.

Samudramanthana, a Samavakāra, 225.

Sampheṭa, fighting, 328.

Sambhoga, union, as part of erotic sentiment, 323.

Sarvacarita, by Bāṇa, 182, n. 3.

Sarvarājñaḥ, irregular compound in Bhāsa, 121.

Sarvavinodanāṭaka, by Kṛṣṇa Avadhūta Ghaṭikāçata Mahākavi, 267.

Sassirīkaṁ, for saçrīkam, in Açvaghoṣa, 88.

Sahṛdaya, man of taste, 318.

Sāttvatī, correctly Sātvatī, grand (manner), 326, 327.

Sāttvika, of excellencies of hero, 307.

Sāttvika, class of consequents, 315.

Sāttvikābhinaya, nature of, 367, 368.

Sāḍika, dance, 350, n. 2.

Sātvatī (‘of the Satvants’, cf. Lévi, TI. i. 332), grand (manner), 326, 327.

Sādhāraṇī, courtesan, 309.

Sādhāraṇī kṛti, generic power of poetry, 321.

Sādhu, style of address, 314.

Sāmaveda, 12, 15, 20, 26.

Sāvitrīcarita, by Çan̄karalāla, 270.

Sāhityadarpaṇa, by Viçvanātha, 71, 225, 268, 294, 295, 336, 342.

Siddhāntakaumudī, cites Rājaçekhara for grammar, 230.

Sukumāratā, softness of style, 331.

Sukṛtasaṁkīrtana, by Arisiṅha, 248, n. 7.

Sugṛhītanāman, as title in dramas, 69, 71.

Sugṛhītābhidha, as style of address, 71, 314.

Sudhanāvadāna, 150, n. 1, 156, n. 1.

Suparṇādhyāya, character of the, 17, 21.

Subuddhi, a female character, 267.

Subhadrādhanaṁjaya, by Kulaçekharavarman, 247, 342, n. 2.

Subhadrāpariṇayana, by Vyāsa Çrīrāmadeva, 270.

Subhadrāharaṇa, by Mādhava, 268, 342, 351.

Subhāṣitāvali, 168, 209.

Surada, for surata, an isolated form, in Açvaghoṣa, 89.

Surā, origin of, 183.

Suvadanā, metre, 123, 212.

Sūcaka, part undertaken by the, 273, 274.

Sūtradhāra, 51, 52, 56, 65, 66, 91, 92, 126, 232, 248, 254, 265, 266, 267, 273, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 360, 361, 362, 363, 365.

Sūtrālaṁkāra, by Açvaghoṣa, 80, 81.

Senāpati, general, 306, 312.

Saindhava, a kind of song, 338.

Sobhiya, Prākrit for Çaubhika, 55.

Somatā, gentleness, as a character, 254.

Saugandhikāharaṇa, by Viçvanātha, 266.

Saundarananda, by Açvaghoṣa, 80, 81.

Saubhya, misreading for Saumya, 272, n. 1.

Saumya, as style of address, 314.

Skanda Purāṇa, 129.

Sthāpaka, 36, n. 1, 52, 56, 126, 239, 265, 266, 267, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 361.

Sthāpanā, prologue, 111, 112, 182, 340, 342, n. 1.

Sthāyinī, concubine, 312.

Sthāyibhāva, dominant emotion, 315, 320.

Sthitapāṭhya, standing recitation, 338.

Sthairya, steadfastness as a quality of the hero, 307.

Snātaka, as a character, 313.

Sragdharā, metre, 123, 142, 167, 181, 185, 203, 212, 219, 232, 236, 246, 272.

Sravati, irregular form in Bhāsa, 120.

Svagatam, aside, 304.

Svapnadoçānana, by Bhīmaṭa, 239.

Svapnavāsavadattā, by Bhāsa, 91, 92, 94, 95, 103, 107, 113, 117, 118, 119, 123, 125, 187, n. 2.

Svabhāvokti, vivid description, 161.

Svā, sviyā, heroine as wife, 308.

Svādhīnapatikā, absolute mistress, 309.

Svābhāvika, natural (sentiment), 315, n. 1.

Svāmin, as style of the Crown Prince, 69, 71, 314.

Svāminī, style of the queen, 314.

Svāminī, favourite, 312. [405]