M
Madana Bālasarasvatī, author of the Pārijātamañjarī, [256].
Madanamālā, a hetaera, [134].
Madanamañjarī, and a Kāpālika, [193], n. [2];
a hetaera, [261].
Madanavatī, a female character, [260].
Madanikā, in the Mṛcchakaṭikā, [135].
Madayantikā, in the Mālatīmādhava, [188], [193].
Mādhava, author of the Subhadrāharaṇa, [268], [342], [357].
Mādhava, hero of the Mālatīmādhava, [62], [139], [187] ff., [306], [308].
Mādhavasena, a prince, [147].
Madhuka, a seer, [99].
Madhusūdana, redactor of the Mahānāṭaka, [270], [271], n. [1], [272].
Madhyama, in the Madhyamavyāyoga, [96].
Madness, of Purūravas, as a dramatic motif, [150].
Magadhavatī, a hetaera, [84].
Māgha, poet (date, Jacobi, SBAW., 1923, p. 214), [284].
Magic arts, in the Ratnāvalī, [172], [173];
in the Priyadarçikā, [174];
in the Nāgānanda, [175].
Magic gazelle, in the Rāma legend, [221].
Magic ring, conferring invisibility, [101], [112].
Magicians, tricks of, [112], [172], [173], [176], [234].
Mahādeva, author of the Adbhutadarpaṇa, [246], [247].
Mahādeva, father of Jayadeva, [244].
Mahākāla, deity of Ujjayinī, [186].
Mahākavi, ancestor of Bhavabhūti, [186].
Mahānindaka, a holy man, [262].
Mahārāja Bhāskaradatta, father of Viçākhadatta, [204].
Mahārāṇa Meru, of Raypur, [270].
Māhārāṣṭrī lyric, [146].
Mahāsena, Pradyota, [102], [130].
Mahāvīra, speech of, [87];
idol of, [254].
Mahāvrata rite, relation of, to drama, [21], [24], [26], [37], [39], [45], [51], [73], [112].
Mahāyāna school, [80];
Greek influence on the, [58].
Mahāyātrika, a comic astrologer, [262].
Mahendrapāla, of Mahodaya, [232].
Mahendravikramavarman, an author, [93], [182]–5.
Maheçvara, father of Çan̄karalāla, [270].
Mahiman Bhaṭṭa, writer on poetics, [294], [322].
Mahīpāla, of Mahodaya, [232].
Māhiṣas, colour of, [366].
Māhiṣmatī, capital of the Kalacuris, [226].
Mahomedan influence on decadence of Hindu drama, [242], [371].
Maitreya, a character in the Kaumudīmitrāṇanda, [259].
Maitreya, Cārudatta’s Vidūṣaka, [139].
Makaranda, in the Mālatīmādhava, [188], [193], [308], [338].
Makaranda, friend of Mitrāṇanda, [259].
Mālatī, in the Mālatīmādhava, [187] ff., [308].
Mālava era, [144].
Mālavikā, heroine of the Mālavikāgnimitra, [62], [63], [148], [149], [158], n. [1], [159], [165], [309].
Malayaketu, in the Mudrārākṣasa, [205] f.
Malayavatī, heroine of the Nāgānanda, [174], [306].
Mallikā, heroine of the Mallikāmāruta, [257], [258].
Mallinātha, commentator on Kālidāsa, [145].
Mālyavant, minister of Rāvaṇa, [189], [190], [194], [227], [228], [229], [233], [246].
Mammaṭa, writer on poetics, [171], [295], [323], [324].
Man about town, [285].
Man of taste, [318], [368], [370].
Mandākinī, a magician, [257], [258].
Maṇḍaleçvara Bhaṭṭa, father of Mādhava, [268].
Mandara, Mount, [98].
Mandārikā, a friend of a Viṭa, [264].
Mandārikā, a servant, [313].
Mandasor Praçasti (A.D. 473), imitates Kālidāsa, [146].
Mandodarī, wife of Rāvaṇa, [190], [246].
Maṇicūḍa, legend of, [168].
Manifestation of affection (narmasphoṭa), [327].
Maṇika, author of the Bhairavānanda, [248].
Man̄kha, poet, [75], n. [3], [225], [259].
Manners or styles (vṛttis), [12], [331], [332];
in relation to types of dramas, [346]–51.
Manoramā, an attendant in the Priyadarçikā, [174], [362].
Manovatī, acts part of Rambhā, [49].
Mantharā, a slave woman, [189], [227], [228].
Mantragupta, and Kanakalekhā, [193], n. [2].
Manu, censures actors, [363].
Māra, enemy of the Buddha, [180], [284].
Mārīca, in the Çakuntalā, [126], [154], [158];
in the Rāma legend, [271]. [[384]]
Mārkaṇḍeya, Prākrit grammarian, [336].
Marriage, celebrated by painting scene of it, [102], [203].
Māruta, hero of the Mallikāmāruta, [257], [258].
Maruts and Indra, dialogue of, [14], [19], [20].
Mārwār, use of Apabhraṅça in, [287].
Masks, possible use of, [365], n. [1].
Mātali, charioteer of Indra, [154], [157], [160], [303], [325].
Matan̄ga, enemy of Jīmūtavāhana, [178].
Māthura, in the Mṛcchakaṭikā, [135].
Mathurā, as home of drama, [41], [70], [74].
Mathurādāsa, author of the Vṛṣabhānujā, [257].
Mātṛgupta, a poet, [291], n. [2], [232], [315], n. [1], [360].
Mātrarāja, see Anan̄gaharṣa.
Matrona, of Greco-Roman drama, [65].
Mattavilāsa, epithet of Mahendravikramavarman, [182].
Matters unfit for stage representation, [300], [301].
Maudgalyāyana, a disciple of the Buddha, [81], [84].
Maukhari king, Avantivarman, [204].
Max Müller, theory of origin of the drama, [15].
May-day merriment, in England, [41].
Māyurāja, author of Udāttarāghava, [221], [223], [297].
Māyūrāja, variant of Māyurāja, [221], n. [1].
Megasthenes, refers to the Kordax, [42], n. [1].
Meghanāda, son of Rāvaṇa, [190], [229], [246].
Meghaprabhācārya, dramatist, [55], [269].
Mekhalā, a maidservant, [235].
Melanthos, legend of, [37], [38].
Men, play women’s parts, [36], [362].
Menakā, mother of Çakuntalā, [152].
Menander, comedy of, [60].
Menander, king, conquests of, [59], [60].
Mercenary soldiers, reflected in figure of Çakāra, [66].
Merchants, or guildsmen, speech of, [87], [141], [336];
form of names, [313];
as heroes of the Prakaraṇa, [346];
the Prakaraṇikā, [348].
Meru, Mahārāṇa of Raypur, [270].
Message, as dramatic device, [303].
Messenger, of hero, [311], [312];
of heroine, [313].
Metre, influence of lyrics on, [77];
of Açvaghoṣa, [89], [90];
Bhāsa, [123], [124];
Mṛcchakaṭikā, [142];
Kālidāsa, [167], [168];
Harṣa, [181];
Mahendravikramavarman, [185];
Bhavabhūti, [203];
Viçākhadatta, [212];
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, [219];
Rājaçekhara, [234], [236], [238];
Kṣemīçvara, [240];
Jayadeva, [246];
Kṛṣṇamiçra, [253];
Uddaṇḍin, [258];
use of, in accord with sentiments, [331];
in the Samavakāra, [346].
Mewār, defeat of Jayatala of, by the Mahomedans, [249], [250].
Middle, for active, in Bhāsa, [120].
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sanskrit version of, [251].
Mīlacchrīkāra, a Mahomedan, [250].
Mildness (mṛdava), [329].
Miles gloriosus, of Greco-Roman drama, [65];
Rāvaṇa as a, [105].
Military spectacle, see Vyāyoga.
Mīmāṅsā view of sentiment, [316].
Mime, Greek, alleged influence of, on Indian drama, [67], [68].
Mimesis, Aristotelian doctrine of, [355].
Mind, movements of, as related to the sentiments, [320].
Minister, appropriate hero for a Prakaraṇa, [306], [346];
how addressed, [314];
where placed in the auditorium, [370].
Mirror of knowledge, an allegorical character, [254].
Mirth (hāsa), as the basis of the comic sentiment, [323].
Mise-en-scène, [364]–9.
Mitrāṇanda, hero of the Kaumudīmitrāṇanda, [258], [259].
Mitrāvasu, prince of the Siddhas, [174], [175], [178].
Miyāṇalladevī, a princess, [256].
Mohanadāsa, commentator on the Mahānāṭaka, [270].
Mōkos, compared with Vidūṣaka, [67].
Mokṣāditya, author of the Bhīmavikramavyāyoga, [266].
Monkey, escape of, as a dramatic motif, [175].
Monmohan Chakravarti, on date of Kālidāsa, [144].
Monologue, see Bhāṇa.
Moon of Discrimination, an allegorical character, [254].
Mṛgān̄kalekhā, a hetaera, [262].
Mṛgān̄kāvalī, a princess, [234], [235].
Mṛgarājalakṣman, [212].
Mudgala hymn (RV. x. [102]), [18].
Muhammad II, of Gujarāt, [251].
Muktāpīḍa Lalitāditya, of Kashmir, defeats Yaçovarman of Kanyakubja, [186].
Mūlanāçaka, a barber, [261].
Munisuvrata, temple of, [248].
Muñja (A.D. 974–95), a king, of Dhārā, [292], [293].
Muralā, a river, [191].
Murāri, author of the Anargharāghava, [225]–31, [242], [244], [259], [271], [352]. [[385]]
Mureçvara, a Çaiva ascetic, [262], [263].
Muṣṭika, slain by Kṛṣṇa, [100], [110].
Music, [16], [25], [44], [49], [50], [291], [292], [339], [350], [351], [352].
Mystery of things, in Bhavabhūti, [195].