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Index Abbas, K. A., 147, 155, 158, 159 Abhijñānasakuntalam, 21, 49 Abhinavagupta, 107, 108, 110, 141, 144, 159 Adam, 17, 57, 58 adaptation, 10, 111–117, 261n5 (chap. 3) Adil, Vishwamitter, 25, 29, 35, 51 admiration, 118, 119 Advaita Vedāntism, 146 aesthetics, 3, 4, 10, 64, 72, 100, 107, 108, 118, 129, 134, 135, 191, 262n8 (chap. 4) affect. See emotion affection, 11, 19, 83, 110, 111, 121, 122, 141, 149, 165, 175, 191, 209. See also vātsalya Africa, 1, 6, 15, 46, 254 Agni, 38 agriculture, 56, 60, 61, 68, 70 ahiṃsā. See nonviolence AIPWA. See All-India Progressive Writers’ Association Akhtar, Javed, 87, 92 Ali, Muzaffar, 8, 12, 200, 201, 206, 209– 232, 243 alignment, 21, 247 al-Junayd, Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Qurashi, 204 Allāh, 49, 202, 204, 210, 213–215, 219, 227, 229, 231, 241 allegory, 11, 19, 27, 49, 55, 120, 128, 130– 132, 146, 147, 149, 150, 152, 154–157, 203, 205, 219, 227, 229, 240, 255, 262n2 All-India Progressive Writers’ Association (AIPWA), 120, 145, 147 alliteration, 162 allusion, 172, 173, 177, 178 Ambedkar, B. R., 24 ambiguity, 75, 110, 163, 165, 166, 169–171, 182, 195, 225 amrit, 35 Anandamath, 178 aṇa~nku, 63 Anderson, Joseph D., 250 androgyne, 31, 37. See also ardhanārīśvara anger, 10, 28, 74, 78, 80, 81, 84, 100–106, 110, 111, 114, 115, 118, 127, 133–145, 151, 156–158, 178, 181, 198, 235 Ankle Bracelet, The. See Shilappadikaram anticipation, 1, 12, 103, 109, 113, 130, 182– 190, 194, 199, 200, 201, 206–210, 213, 215, 217, 219, 223, 225, 228–233, 243, 245, 251–254, 262n3; perceptual and actional, 184–191, 198–200, 207–210, 233, 251– 254. See also projection (anticipatory) Antigone, 69 anxiety, 20, 89, 102, 104, 184, 185, 246 Appiah, Kwame, 5 ardhanārīśvara, 31, 34, 35, 38 Ardhangini, 8, 9, 19–39, 46, 58, 72, 73; Bablu, 28, 32, 33, 39, 259n6; Bhola, 30, 31; Lila, 22, 27–29, 33, 38, 39; Murari, 27–29, 33, 34, 38; Prakash, 22, 23, 27–38 ardhānginī, 31, 37, 38 Aristotle, 3, 57, 109, 118 assonance, 162 ātman. See souls attachment, 11, 111, 119, 146, 154, 157, 206 Attar, Farid ud-Din, 212, 262n2 282 index attention, 101–104, 109, 110, 161, 182, 184, 198–201, 207, 215, 250, 252 authoritarianism, 21, 170 autism, 253, 263n1 ayat, 227 Ayodhyā, 26, 77 Azad Gomantak Dal, 48 Azmi, Shabana, 235 Baaz, 9, 14, 18, 19, 39–55, 58, 60, 61, 72–74, 91; Ali, Ramzan, 44, 45; Barbosa, 42, 50, 51, 53, 54; Nisha, 42–55, 74; Ravi, 42–55; Rosita, 43, 45, 48, 74; Tillu, 48; Yashwant , 42, 45, 50, 53, 54; Zamorin, 50, 51 Bahadur, Satish, 118 Bakshi, Rajni, 147 Bala-Rāma, 91, 96, 123 Bandini, 20 Bandit Queen, 10, 93, 100, 101, 111, 118, 133–145; Baba Gujjar, 140; Baba Mushtaquim , 142, 143; Devideen, 140; Kailash , 139; Lala Ram, 140, 142; Phoolan Devi, 10, 134–144; Puttilal, 141, 144; Sri Ram, 140–143; Śūrpaṇakhā, 140; Vikram, 140, 141 Bangladesh, 87 bangles, 29, 30, 121, 122, 125, 126, 129–132, 150, 168, 192 Bedekar, Vishram, 61 Beeman, Mark, 117 Behmai village, 141, 142 Benegal, Shyam, 8, 10, 75–86 Bergson, Henri, 145 Bhabha, Homi, 5 bhakti, 204, 205, 215 Bharadwaj, Vishal, 256 Bharata, 26 Bharatamuni, 107, 110, 145, 161 bhāva, 107–110, 181, 205 Bholā, 30 Bhopali, Soorma, 91 Bhushan, Shashi, 25, 29, 35, 51 Bible, 3, 17, 19, 255 bindis, 106, 126 biographical criticism, 16, 259n3 (chap. 1) Biswas, Seema, 140 black, 68–71, 168, 189, 228, 248 Black Tigers, 59 Blakeslee, Sandra, 199 blasphemy, 203 blocking characters, 20–22, 36, 41, 56, 57, 62 bodily movement, 162, 199 bodily orientation, 184 Bollywood, 1, 2, 8, 18, 160, 234, 261n2 (chap. 4) Bombay, 86, 148, 160, 162 Bombay, 234 Bordwell, David, 200, 208 Boyer, Pascal, 104, 105, 184 brahmacarya, 241, 246 brahman, 146, 147, 255 Brahmins, 48, 76, 87, 152, 257 brain, 4, 102, 105, 150, 182, 185, 194, 198, 199, 254, 262n3; left hemisphere processing , 116, 117; right hemisphere processing , 116, 117 bravery, 65, 73, 81 Brindavan, 67, 93, 142 Britain, 45–47, 51, 60, 92, 167, 178, 179, 256 Broadway, 160 brothel, 201, 202, 211, 213, 214, 224, 227 Brown, Judith M., 241 Brownell, Hiram, 117 Buddhism, 24, 46, 59, 87, 90 canons, 15, 17, 18 capitalism, 129, 150 Carroll, Noël, 109, 113, 118, 200 caste dharma, 26...

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