The Demon's Daughter: A Love Story from South India

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Index Note: We have not marked names and titles with diacritics in the body of the text or the notes. All such forms appear in the index with standard diacritic marking. Abhinavagupta, 86, 116 Ahalya, 114 Airavata, elephant of Indra, 115 Akrura, 8 AkuvŒdu, xiii, xiv Amaranârya, father of Pivgali Suranna, 3, 4, 6, 18–19, 21, 31, 33, 48, 49, 64, 65, 83, 104 Amaravati, xiv Ananda-vardhana, 86 Apastamba Sutra, 6 AravŒdu dynasty, xiv Ardha-narŒsvara, androgynous form of Siva, 85 art, skill in, 29, 89–91 ArundhatŒ, a star, 28 aucitya, “propriety,” 98 Ayodhya, 4 Bakhtin, M. M., 11 Bhadra, an actor, 13, 24, 57, 58, 82, 94–95,108 Bhadra, wife of Krsna, 22 BhagŒratha, 58 bhakti, devotion, 99 Bhatta-nayaka, 116 Bhattu-murti, 108 bhava, “mood,” 92 bhavana, 91–98, 116. See imagination BhŒma-bala, 81 Bijapur sultanate, xiv bitextuality, 108. See paronomasia Brahma, creator, 3, 9, 18, 27, 34, 44, 82 Brahma-sutra, 54 Brhaspati, guru of the gods, 9, 11, 49 buddhi, “mind,” 89–90 Bundlekhand, xiv Candra, the Moon, 115 Candravati, daughter of Sunabha, xvi, 50, 51. 57, 70, 74, 80 119 caste, 98 Cinanarayana-nayaka-kavi, Savaram, 108 citra-kavitva, “concrete poetry,” 108 desire. See Manmatha dhvani, “suggestion,” 97 dreams, 15–17, 29 Dvaraka, 4, 7–8, 22, 40, 47, 49, 50, 51 Firuz, Bahmani ruler, 112 Gada, xvi, 8, 50, 51, 54, 57, 72, 82–82 Gandharvas, 42, 43 Ganges, 24, 30, 58, 107 Garuda-puranamu, 4 Gautama, 4, 54, 114 Golconda sultanate, xiv Gunavati, daughter of Sunabha, xvi, 50, 51, 57, 70, 74, 80 Gurajada Appa Rao, 108, 109 Hari-dvara, 4 Harihara II, Vijayanagara king, 112 Hari-vamsa, xv, xvi horsemanship, 24 hyperbole, 28, 46, 88, 101 illusion, 95 imagination, xvi, 18, 35, 37, 91–98 individualization, 87 Indra, king of the gods, 6–23, 60, 70, 114,115 Jaimini, 54 JambavatŒ, wife of Krsna, 23 Kailasa, Mount, 58 KakatŒyas, xiv Kala-purnodayamu of Pivgali Suranna, xiii, 107 KalindŒ, wife of Krsna, 23 Kama. see Manmatha Kanada, 54 Kanya-sulkamu of Gurajada Appa Rao, 108–109 karma, 90 KasŒ, 6,107 Kasyapa, 11, 25 kavya, ornate poetry, 97, 103, 108 Krsna, xv–xvi, 7–14, 34, 40, 43, 104 Krsna-deva-raya, xiii, 106, 112, 116 Krsnamaraju, ruler of Nandyala, 103 Krsnarayasamudramu, xiii, 113 Kuruksetra, 4 Kuvalayâsva-caritramu, 108 Laksana, wife of Krsna, 23 LaksmŒ, consort of Visnu, 3, 7, 49, 83, 103, 104, 113, 115 language, mastery of 21 logic, science of, 54 magic, 23, 94, 116 Mahabharata, xiii, xv Malaya hills, 36, 48, 64, 115 Manasa Lake, 15 Manmatha, god of desire, xv, 45, 65, 69, 73, 76, 77, 95, 96, 99, 104, 113, 114 mantra, ritual use of, 67, 69 Matali, charioteer of Indra, 7 Mathura, 4 meditation, 30 120 Index Meru, Mount, 9, 81 metaphor, 27 Mitravinda, wife of Krsna, 23 Nagnajit, wife of Krsna, 23 Nandyala, xiii, xiv Narada, a sage, 50, 54 Nayaka period, 108 negation, 35 NŒdumanuru. see Krsnarayasamudramu painting, art of, 17–18, 43, 90 paronomasia, 98 parrots, 36, 45–51 ParvatŒ, wife of Siva, 16, 29, 34, 42, 91, 114 Patañjali, grammarian, 54 Pĕddana, Allasani, xiii, 106–107, 116 Peki, a gandharvi, 4 perspectivism, 97 Pivgali town, 4 poetics, 21 Prabhavati, xv–xvi, 15 and passim Pradyumna, xv–xvi, 16 and passim pratyekŒ-karana. see individualization Pravara, hero of Manu-caritramu, 98 prema, love, 99, 105 privacy, new 16th -century ideal, 97–103 Puri, 4 Ragavallari, friend of Prabhavati, 37–47, 66–67, 70, 78, 79, 97, 99 Raghava-pandavŒyamu of Pivgali Suranna, 4, 106–107, 117 rahasya, “secret,” 101 Ramayana, xiii, 112 Rambha, courtesan of the gods, 10 rasa theory, 86, 97, 105, 116 Rati, wife of Manmatha, 39, 44, 75, 86, 91, 114 RayalasŒma, xiv reading, protocols of, 102 realism, 97 Reddis, xiv Reddy, C. R., 117 reflexivity, 99 ritual, 38; at dawn, 70. See sacrifice Rudra, 64. See Siva Rukmini, wife of Krsna, 22, 40, 45, 65, 95 sacrifice, ritual of, 12 sadharanŒ-karana, “universalization , 86, 97 Samba, xvi, 50, 51, 54, 57, 72, 81–82 Sambara, a demon, 39, 91 Savkhya, 54 Sarandhara, a goose, 22 Saran . gadhara-caritramu, 118 SarasvatŒ, goddess of speech, 3, 28, 44, 88, 94 Satyabhama, wife of Krsna, 22 Satyaki, 8 Saugandhika pond, 15 Sesa, a snake, 7, 80 Siddhas, 42, 43 simile, 28, 31...