N
N and ṇ in the Prākrits, [86], [87], [88], [121].
Nacca, [43].
Naṭa, actor, [25], [28], [31], [36], [45], [49], [50], [52], [67].
Naṭasūtras, in Pāṇini, [31], [290].
Naṭī, actress, [51], [66], [361].
Narkuṭaka, metre, [203].
Nartaka, dances, [28], [29], [50].
Narmagarbha, development of affection, [327].
Narman, pleasantry, [326].
Narmasuhṛd, boon companion, [188], [311].
Narmasphañja, outburst of affection, [327].
Narmasphoṭa, manifestation of affection, [327].
Navagrahacarita, by Ghanaçyāma, [345], n. [2].
Navasāhasān̄kacarita, by Padmagupta, [293].
Nāgaraka, character of, [285];
speech of, [334].
Nāgānanda, by Harṣa, [62], [85], [170], [174], [175], [180], [278], [284], [286], [300], [305], [311], [326], [339], n. [1], [342], [344], n. [2], [371], n. [2].
Nāṭaka, a type of drama, [28], [29], [95], [244]–56, [278], [279], [296], [297], [345], [352], [353].
Nāṭakacandrikā, by Rūpa Gosvāmin, [294].
Nāṭakālaṁkāra, dramatic ornaments, [330], [331].
Nāṭikā, type of drama, [62], [63], [71], [233], [234], [256], [257], [279], [280], [298], [305], [325], [349], [350], [353].
Nāṭī, type of drama, [349].
Nāṭya, drama, [296].
Nāṭyapradīpa, by Sundaramiçra, [294].
Nāṭyarāsaka, a ballet, [351].
Nāṭyaçāstra, [12], [36], [42], [51], [65], [69], [75], n. [1], [81], [84], [95], [110], [141], [244], [267], [289]–92, [293], [294], [295], [304], [312], [315], [320], [323], [324], [326], [328], [330], [331], [334], [335], [336], [340], [341], [343], [347], [348], [349], [352], [355], [358], [362], [364], [367], [369].
Nāṭyācārya, professor, [360].
Nāṭyālaṁkāra, dramatic ornaments, [329], [330].
Nāndī, benediction at beginning of play, [85], [111], [126], [182], [204], [239], [265], [266], [267], [339], [342], [343], [369];
pronounced behind the scenes in the Bhāṇa, the Vyāyoga, [344];
the Pren̄khaṇa or Prekṣaṇa, [351].
Nāyaka, hero, [84], [85], [305]–7.
Nāyikā, heroine, [308]–10.
Nālikā, enigma, [329].
Nikkhanta, in Açvaghoṣa, [89].
Nidarçanā, a figure, [125].
Niyatāpti, fourth stage of development in drama, [297].
Nirussāsaṁ, in Açvaghoṣa, [88].
Nirbhayabhīma, by Rāmacandra, [266].
Nirmuṇḍa, eunuch, [313].
Nirvahaṇa, conclusion, as last juncture, [299].
Nirveda, indifference, as basis of sentiment, [324].
Nṛt, dance, origin of Naṭa, [57].
Nṛtta, dance, [25], n. [7], [296].
Nṛtya, pantomime, [275], [296].
Nepathya, as form of sentiment, [315], n. [1], [368].
Nepathyagṛha, tiring room, [54], [359], [360]. [[399]]
Nepathyokti, a voice from behind the scene, [303].
Nevaccha (Ṇevaccha), Prākrit equivalent of Nepathya, [54].
Naipāṭhya, alleged origin of Nepathya, [54].
Naiṣadhānanda, by Kṣemīçvara, [240], [241].
Ny, altered to ññ in Açvaghoṣa’s Prākrit, to ññ or ṇṇ in Bhāsa;
to ṇṇ in Kālidāsa, [88], [121];
to ññ in the Mudrārākṣasa, [212].