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Makkaṭaho, dubious form in Açvaghoṣa, [89].

Mati, reason, as a character, [251], [252].

Matta, in Bhāsa, later metta, [122].

Mattavilāsa, by Mahendravikramavarman, [93], [182]–5.

Matsya Purāṇa, [156].

Mada, intoxication, as an internal juncture, [303].

Madd, in Açvaghoṣa, [88], [89].

Madhyamavyāyoga, by Bhāsa, [94], [106], [111], [123].

Madhyā, partly experienced (heroine), [308].

Mantrān̄kanāṭaka, Act III of the Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa, [371], n. [2].

Mantrin, minister, [312].

Mandākrāntā, metre, [166], [203], [212].

Manmathonmathana, by Rāma, [267], [347].

Mallikāmāruta, by Uddaṇḍin or Uddaṇḍanātha, [221], [257], [258].

Mahattarā, duenna, [313].

Mahājanakajātaka, alleged dramatic character of, [43], n. [1]. [[401]]

Mahādevī, chief queen, [312].

Mahānāṭaka, type of drama, [232], [345].

Mahānāṭaka or Hanumannāṭaka, [56], [151], [244], n. [2], [246], [270]–2, [273], [345].

Mahābhārata, [52], [54], [95], n. [2], [97], [105], [157], [247], [253], [265], [281].

Mahābhāṣya, [28], [36], [45], [48], [49], [53], [56], [57], [58], [71], [362], [363];
evidence of, as to existence of the drama, [31]–3.

Mahāyānaçraddhotpāda, by Açvaghoṣa, [80].

Mahāvaṅsa, [44].

Mahāvīracarita, by Bhavabhūti, [187], [188], [192], [193], [194], [203], [228], [229], [297], [302], [306], [325], [326], [327], [344], n. [1], [353].

, with the gerund, in Bhāsa, [122].

Māgadhī, a Prākrit, [70], [74], [86], [87], [88], [122], [141], [142], [166], [185], [211], [212], [219], [256], [287], [336].

Mādhurya, grace as a quality of the hero, [307].

Mādhurya, sweetness of style, [331].

Māyākuran̄gikā, a specimen of the Īhāmṛga, [346], n. [2].

Mārasaṁyutta, alleged dramatic character of, [43], n. [1].

Mārṣa, as mode of address, [361].

Mālatīmādhava, by Bhavabhūti, [62], [66], [82], [131], [151], [186], [187], [188], [192], [193], [199], [203], [257], [280], [302], [306], [308], [311], [313], [326], [338], [343], n. [1], [344], [349], [353], [361], [369].

Mālavikā, a specimen of the Vīthī, [349].

Mālavikāgnimitra, by Kālidāsa, [42], [124], [127], [147]–9, [155], [156], [159], [160], [164], [167], [175], [302], [303], [327], [329], [343], n. [1], [349], [350].

Mālā, statement in succession, [330].

Mālinī, metre, [123], [142], [166], [181], [185], [203], [212], [219], [272].

Māhārāṣṭrī, a Prākrit, [70], [73], [89], [130], [141], [146], [166], [181], [211], [212], [236], [240], [256], [335], [336], [337].

Mithyājñānaviḍambana, by Ravidāsa, [345].

Mithyādṛṣṭi, heresy, as a character, [252].

Milindapañha, [54].

Miçra, combined (plot), [296].

Miçrā, style, [332], n. [2].

Mukuṭatāḍitaka, by Bāṇa, [182], n. [3].

Mukundānanda, by Kāçīpati Kavirāja, [264].

Mukha, first juncture of the plot, [298].

Mugdhā, inexperienced (heroine), [308].

Mudrārākṣasa, (the drama of) Rākṣasa and his seal-ring, by Viçākhadatta, [62], [66], [205]–12, [327], [335], n. [3], [341], [342], [344], [352].

Mudritakumudacandra, (the drama of) Kumudacandra put to silence, by Yaçaçcandra, [260].

Mṛgān̄kalekhā, by Viçvanātha, son of Trimaladeva, [257], n. [1].

Mṛcchakaṭikā (for an implausible conjecture as to date (7th or 8th cent.) and author, see J. Carpentier, JRAS., 1923, pp. 597 ff.), [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [69], [70], [74], [77], [82], [84], [92], [93], [104], [107], [123], n. [3], [128]–42, [153], [161], [192], [193], [280], [286], [305], [309], [311], [314], n. [2], [335], n. [3], [336], [337], [346], [363], [365], [369], n. [2].

Mṛdava, turning of evil into good, [329].

Meghadūta, by Kālidāsa, [76], [145], [167];
imitated by Bhavabhūti, [193].

Moṭṭāyita, manifestations of affection, [310].

Moha, confusion, as a character, [251], [252].

Mohamudgara, [239].

Moharājaparājaya, by Yaçaḥpāla, [84], n. [1], [253]–6, [344], n. [2].

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