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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface PARTI: LITERARY AND PERFORMING ARTS
(1) 1. Paryāyabandha and Samghāta 2. The Șatprajñaka - gāthā and Hrdayavati 3. Dombikā and șidgaka 4. Some Specimens of the Carcari Song 5. On Chatra and Calli
(2) 6. The Characterizing Function of Verse in Sanskrit Drama 61 7. The Dhruvās ia Kālidāsa's Vikramorvastya
68 8. Bhayāl and the Folk Elements in the Classical Drama 75
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(3) 9. The Character of Ākşiptikā 10. The Dhavala Songs 11. The Tarāņā Mode of Singing : Its Origin 12. Some Earliest Literary References to the Sārangi 13. Some Early Literary References to the Rāvaņahasta
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(4) 14. Jain Literature and Performing Arts
111
PART II : PRAKRIT AND APABHRÁŠA STUDIES 1. Some Prakrit Verses of Pādalipta and the Authenticity of the Taramgalolā
129 2. Gāthā-muktāvali : A Newly Discovered Recension of Hāla's Sapta-sata ka
139 3. The Prakrit Poets Harivrddha, Sātavāhana and Adhyarāja
162
