The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c23.39

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Pṛthu, father of Viçākhadatta, 204. Pṛthvidhara, on Prākṛits of the Mṛcchakaṭikā, 141. Practice of drama, influenced by theory, 352-4. Pradyota Mahāsena, 102, 130. Pradyumna, 48, 49. Prahasta, ally of Rāvaṇa, 246. Prahlādanadeva, author of the Pārthaparākrama, 83, n. 1, 247, 264, 265, 341, n. 1. Prākṛits, 40, 46, 50, 58, 243, 273, 275, 287, 301, 302, 311, 333, 336-8; evidence of, as to origin of drama, 72-5; of Açvaghoṣa, 86-9; Bhāsa, 121, 122, Mṛcchakaṭikā, 140-2; Kālidāsa, 161, 166; Harṣa, 181; Mahendravikramavarman, 185; Bhavabhūti, 203; Viçākhadatta, 211, 212; Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, 219; Rājaçekhara, 236; Kṣemīçvara, 240; Yaçaḥpāla, 256. Prākṛit drama, 65, 66, 69-72, 236, 257; translation of Prākṛit passages into Sanskrit, 337. Prākṛit Kāvya, later than Sanskrit Kāvya, 71, 77. Prākṛit stanzas, 253. Pralamba, a demon, 48, 99. Pramodaka, in the Mudrārākṣasa, 206. Pratāparudra, of Warangal, 293. Pratiṣṭhāna, 129. Preliminaries, of the drama, 51, 66, 111, 339-44, 368, 369. Previous birth, influence on ability to write poems, 288. Privation, as an aspect of love, 323. Priyadarçikā, a heroine, 173, 174. Priyamvadā, friend of Çakuntalā, 153, 159. Problems of life, ignored in Sanskrit drama, 160, 195, 196, 197, 280, 281, 354. Progression (pratimukha), as the second juncture, 298, 299. Prologue, 66, 111, 114, 239, 339-44, 369. Pronominal forms, in Açvaghoṣa's and Bhāsa's Prākṛits, 87, 122. Propitiation (prarocanā), 328. Prose, 23, 50, 51, 58, 73, 76, 202, 337; narrative style, 273; simple in the Nāṭaka, 345. Protagonist, compared to Sūtradhāra, 66. Proverbial phrases, affected by Bhāsa, 120. Proverbs, 211, 236. Public, dramas and, the, 370, 371. Pulindas, a people, colour of, 366. Punyaketu, a character, 254, 255. Puppet play, relation to drama, 52, 53. Purūravas, a hero, 14, 22, 62, 149, 151, 156, 157, 233.