The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c23.9

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Dadhittha, a monkey, 233. Daityas, propitiated in the preliminaries of the drama, 339, n. 3. Dakṣiṇāvartanātha, commentator on the Meghadūta, 145. Dāmodara, 99, and see Kṛṣṇa. Dāmodaragupta, author of the Kuṭṭanīmata, 171, 362, 368. Dāmodaramiçra, redactor of the Mahānāṭaka, 270. Dānavas, demons, 267, 339, n. 3, 366. Dance, 12, 15, 16, 25, 26, 42, 44, 45, 50, 57, 58, 112, 160, 291, 296, 338, 350, 351. Daṇḍin, author, 104, 129, 193, 221, 330, 363. Dantivarman, dubious name of a king, 204. Danturā, a go-between, 261. Daçapura, use of Bhūtabhāṣā in, 287. Daçaratha, a king, 100, 101, 189, 226, 228, 232, 245. Daçāha festival, 42. Date of Bhāsa's dramas, 93-5. Dead, worship of, and drama, 46, 47. Death on the stage, 105, 110, 140, 292, 354. Deccan, colour of people of the, 366; dramatic performances in the, 363. Deceitful hero, 307. Decline of the drama, causes of, 242-4. Demi-gods, as heroes of the Dima, 347 Demons, as heroes of the Dima, 347, and see Daityas, Dānavas, Rākṣasas. Dénouement (kārya), as an element of the plot, 298; wonder appropriate in the, 325. Desire, as a character, 251. Determinants (vibhāva), in dramatic theory, 315 ff. Deus ex machina, Gaurī as, 175, 176. Devaji, father of Rāmakṛṣṇa, 274. Devakī, mother of Kṛṣṇa, 40, 98. Devanāgarī recension, of the Çakuntalā, 154, 155; the Vikramorvaçī, 151; the Veṇīsaṃhāra, 219. Devapāla of Mālava, 249. Devarāta, a minister, 187. Devasomā, a damsel attached to a Çaiva mendicant, 182, 185. Deva Sūri, Jain sage, 259, 260. Development (garbha), third juncture of the drama, 299. Development of affection (narmagarbha), 327. Devil, in mediaeval mystery plays, 24, 39. Devotion, as a sentiment, 325, n. 1. Dhanadeva, father of Yaçaḥpāla, 254, 260. Dhanamjaya, writer on poetics, 292, 321, 345, 328, 329, 340, 347.