L
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 Ḍillīsāmrājya, [251].
Lakṣmī, the goddess, [268], [274].
Lakṣmīpati, a prince, [258], [259].
Laments, of women, permitted in the An̄ka, [348].
Language, of Açvaghoṣa, [85]–9;
Bhāsa, [120]–2;
Mṛcchakaṭikā, [140]–2;
Kālidāsa, [166];
Harṣa, [181];
Mahendravikramavarman, [185];
Bhavabhūti, [203];
Viçākhadatta, [211], [212];
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, [219];
Rājaçekhara, [236].
Lan̄kā, mythical home of Rāvaṇa, not Ceylon, [190], [194].
Lāṭa, use of Prākrit in, [287].
Lava, son of Rāma, [31], [191], [192], [194], [195], [223], [224].
Lāvaṇyasiṅha, 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.
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]. [[383]]
Lovers, kinds of men, and women, [307]–9.
Low moral character of actors, [55], [363].
Loyal, hero, [307].
Lüders, Prof. Heinrich, theory of origin of the drama, [33], [34], [35], [53], [272], n. [1].
Lyric choruses, Aristotle’s view as to, [337], n. [2].
Lyric stanzas, in the drama, [279], [281], [282], and see Verse.