CONTENTS

PART I. [THE ORIGIN OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA]

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I. [Dramatic Elements in Vedic Literature.]
1. [The Indian Tradition of the Origin of the Drama] 12
2. [The Dialogues of the Veda] 13
3. [Dramatic Elements in Vedic Ritual] 23
II. [Post-Vedic Literature and the Origin of the Drama.]
1. [The Epics] 28
2. [The Grammarians] 31
3. [Religion and the Drama] 36
4. [Theories of the Secular Origin of the Drama] 49
5. [Greek Influence on the Sanskrit Drama] 57
6. [The Çakas and the Sanskrit Drama] 69
7. [The Evidence of the Prākrits] 72
8. [The Literary Antecedents of the Drama] 75

PART II. [THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA]

III. [Açvaghoṣa and the Buddhist Drama.]
1. [The Çāriputraprakaraṇa] 80
2. [The Allegorical and the Hetaera Dramas] 83
3. [The Language of the Dramas] 85
4. [The Metres] 89
IV. [Bhāsa.][[8]]
1. [The Authenticity of Bhāsa’s Dramas] 91
2. [The Date of Bhāsa’s Dramas] 93
3. [The Dramas and their Sources] 95
4. [Bhāsa’s Art and Technique] 105
5. [Bhāsa’s Style] 114
6. [The Language of the Plays] 120
7. [The Metres of the Dramas] 123
V. [The Precursors of Kālidāsa and Çūdraka.]
1. [The Precursors of Kālidāsa] 127
2. [The Authorship and Age of the Mṛcchakaṭikā] 128
3. [The Mṛcchakaṭikā] 131
4. [The Prākrits] 140
5. [The Metres] 142
VI. [Kālidāsa.]
1. [The Date of Kālidāsa] 143
2. [The Three Dramas of Kālidāsa] 147
3. [Kālidāsa’s Dramatic Art] 155
4. [The Style] 160
5. [The Language and the Metres] 166
VII. [Candra, Harṣa, and Mahendravikramavarman.]
1. [Candra or Candraka] 168
2. [The Authorship of the Dramas ascribed to Harṣa] 170
3. [The Three Dramas] 171
4. [Harṣa’s Art and Style] 175
5. [The Language and the Metres of Harṣa’s Dramas] 181
6. [Mahendravikramavarman] 182
VIII. [Bhavabhūti.]
1. [The Date of Bhavabhūti] 186
2. [The Three Plays] 187
3. [Bhavabhūti’s Dramatic Art and Style] 192
4. [The Language and the Metres] 203
IX. [Viçākhadatta and Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa.]
1. [The Date of Viçākhadatta] 204
2. [The Mudrārākṣasa] 205
3. [The Language and the Metres of the Mudrārākṣasa] 211
4. [The Date of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa] 212
5. [The Veṇīsaṁhāra] 212
6. [The Language and the Metres of the Veṇīsaṁhāra] 219
X. [Murāri, Rājaçekhara, their Predecessors and Successors.][[9]]
1. [The Predecessors of Murāri] 220
2. [Murāri] 225
3. [The Anargharāghava] 226
4. [The Date of Rājaçekhara] 231
5. [The Dramas of Rājaçekhara] 232
6. [Bhīmaṭa and Kṣemīçvara] 239
XI. [The Decline of the Sanskrit Drama.]
1. [The Decadence of the Drama] 242
2. [The Nāṭaka] 244
3. [The Allegorical Nāṭaka] 251
4. [The Nāṭikā and the Saṭṭaka] 256
5. [The Prakaraṇa] 257
6. [The Prahasana and the Bhāṇa] 260
7. [Minor Dramatic Types] 264
8. [The Shadow Play] 269
9. [Dramas of Irregular Type] 270
XII. [The Characteristics and Achievement of the Sanskrit Drama] 276

PART III. [DRAMATIC THEORY]

XIII. [The Theory of the Dramatic Art.]
1. [The Treatises on Dramatic Art] 290
2. [The Nature and the Types of the Drama] 295
3. [The Subject Matter and the Plot] 296
4. [The Characters] 305
5. [The Sentiments] 314
6. [The Dramatic Styles and Languages] 326
7. [The Dance, Song, and Music] 338
8. [The Preliminaries and the Prologue] 339
9. [The Types of Drama] 345
10. [The Influence of Theory on Practice] 352
11. [Aristotle and the Indian Theory of Poetics] 355

PART IV. [DRAMATIC PRACTICE]

XIV. [The Indian Theatre.]
1. [The Theatre] 358
2. [The Actors] 360
3. [The Mise-en-scène and Representation of the Drama] 364
4. [The Audience] 369

[English Index] 373

[Sanskrit Index] 394 [[10]]

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