The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c23.44

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Rāmeçvara, grandfather of Jyotirīçvara, 261. Rāmila, dramatist, 127, 129. Ram-fights, 263, 285. Rām-Līlā festival, 42. Raṇajambuka, a comic general, 262. Raṇamalladeva, of Raypur, 270. Raṅganātha, commentator on the Vikramorvaçī, 151. Rantivarman, v. l., for Avantivarman, 204. Ratnacūḍa, a Vidyādhara, 229. Ratnākara, a poet, 220, 225; perhaps imitated by Viçākhadatta, 204. Ratnāvalī, princess of Ceylon, 63, 298, 299, and see Sāgarikā. Rauhineya, hero of the Prabuddharauhineya, 260. Rāvaṇa, 49, 52, 100, 101, 105, 111, 116, 189, 190, 194, 227, 233, 242, 245, 246, 247, 269, 271, 279, 297, 306, 307, 327. Ravidāsa (before A.D. 1812), Mithyājñānavidambana, 345. Ravivarman (born A.D. 1266), Pradyumnābhyudaya, 344. Reason, a character, 251, 252. Recensions of the Mālavikāgnimitra, 147, n. 2; of the Çakuntalā, 154, 155; of the Vikramorvaçī, 151; of the Veṇīsaṃhāra, 212, n. 3. Recitation, as opposed to singing, 12, 20, 27, 337, 338. Reciters, where placed in the auditorium, 370. Recognition, in Greek and Indian drama, 62, 63. Reed, banner of Indra, 369. Reich, Prof. E., theory of mime, 67, 68. Reinterpretation (avasyandita), 329. Religion and the drama, 36-49, 339, 340, 369. Repartee (vākkelī), 329. Representation, of the drama, 364-9. Revata, 48. Rhyme, 239. Ridgeway, Prof. Sir William, theory of origin of drama, 46, 47. Ring, motif of lost, in the Çakuntalā, 62, 153; magic, 101, 112. Ritual cathartic cursing, and Greek comedy, 39, n. 2. Rogue, peculiarly appropriate to the Prakaraṇa, 346; the Prahasana, 348. Rohasena, son of Cārudatta, 132, 137, 141. Rohiṇī, beloved of the Moon, 237. Roman borrowing from Greece, 68; drama, 60, 64. Royal Fortune, as an allegorical character, 99, 112, 255. Rudens, of Plautus, 63.