The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c23.28

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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 Dillīsāmrājya, 251. Lakṣmī, the goddess, 268, 274. Lakṣmīpati, a prince, 258, 259. Laments, of women, permitted in the Aṅka, 348. Language, of Açvaghoṣa, 85-9; Bhāsa, 120-2; Mṛcchakaṭikā, 140-2; Kālidāsa, 166; Harṣa, 181; Mahendravikramavarman, 185; Bhavabhūti, 203; Viçakhadatta, 211, 212; Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, 219; Rājaçekhara, 236. Laṅkā, mythical home of Rāvaṇa, not Ceylon, 190, 194. Lāṭa, use of Prākṛit in, 287. Lava, son of Rāma, 31, 191, 192, 194, 195, 223, 224. Lāvanyasiṅha, 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.