P

Padmini, 195

Pakistan, 36

Palas, 260

Panchphula Rani, 10 , 308 n.5

Panna, 181

Pannabai, 195

Panna biramde , 64 -65

Pannalal, 112

Paraya , 173

Parihars, 186

Paris , 20 , 76 -77

Parliament, 86

Parmal, 132 , 186 -87

Parsis, 321 -22n.100

Parsi theatre, 39 -40, 79 -85, 254 , 260 , 322 n.110;

and Harishchandra , 84 , 323 n.124;

and Kanpur Nautanki, 50 , 82 , 84 , 108 , 112 , 247 , 303 ;

music, 82 -83, 302 , 303

Parvati, 66 , 172

Patriarchy: and gender roles, 21 -23, 149 , 173 , 200 , 206 , 207 , 263 ;

and romances, 149 , 159 -60

Pemble, John, 76

Performance, 252 -53;

Alha style, 16 , 49 , 103 , 242 , 245 ;

classical conventions, 43 -44, 45 , 46 ;

as exteriority, 52 -53;

form of, 51 -52, 54 , 244 -45;

gender and, 8 , 256 ;

improvisation, 244 -45, 250 ;

music and, 209 , 244 -51;

opportunities, 6 , 113 , 332 n.6;

oral, 39 , 258 -59 (see also Singing);

premodern, 56 -85, 252 -53, 257 , 259 -60;

resistance expressed in, 263 -64, 265 ;

traditional and folk theatre conventions, 46 . See also Dialogue; Performers; Stage; Theatre

Performers, 51 -53, 62 ;

audience relation with, 52 -54, 243 -44;

class of, 41 , 314 n.9;

female, 10 -11, 18 , 23 , 41 , 51 , 52 , 83 , 108 , 213 , 218 , 248 , 255 -57, 271 ;

female-impersonating, 52 , 83 , 98 , 213 ;

male, 51 , 52 , 83 , 98 , 213 , 219 , 229 , 231 , 234 , 267 -68;

and music, 51 , 213 -14, 218 -20, 228 -51, 267 -68;

Nautanki, 10 -11, 18 , 41 , 51 , 52 , 97 -98, 115 , 213 , 218 , 228 -51, 267 -71;

in Parsi theatre, 83

Persian dastan , 77 , 92 , 329 n.9

Persian language, 163 -64, 222

Persian religion, 321 n.100

Persian romances, 50 . See also Persian dastan

Perumal, A. N., 260

Phakkar, 234 , 269 , 308 n.10

Phul , 9

Phulan, 175 -77, 180 , 181 -82, 197 -98, 200

Phulan De Rani, 9 , 308 n.2

Phulan Devi, 49 , 195 -98, 263

Phulan devi/Phulan devi biraha , 113 -14, 331 n.21

Phulazadi, 10

Phulpancha, 9 -10

Phul Singh, 9 -17 passim, 23 -31 passim, 158

Phulvanti, 9 , 308 n.3

Pingla Jhurapo , 319 n.69

Plagiarism, 94 , 114

Play, 1 -2, 263 -64;

genres, 53 ;

musical, 243 -44;

and resistance, 263 -64, 265

Poetry: bhakti, 57 , 60 , 144 ;

classical, 302 ;

Hindi, 50 -51, 68 , 220 -25, 259 , 301 -2;

khyal , 63 , 65 -66, 68 ;

lavani , 68 -69, 73 ;

musical levels of discourse, 50 -51, 213 -15;

Sanskrit love, 144 , 151 ;

Turra-Kalagi, 66 ;

Urdu, 44 , 45 , 50 -51, 223 -24, 259 , 301 , 302 -3. See also Meters

Poets. See Authors

Politics, 48 , 92 , 108 , 115 -16, 252 ;

and censorship, 88 , 105 -6, 116 , 194 ;

and king/hero themes, 118 -43, 189 -98, 261 ;

play and, 263 -64, 265 ;

and religion, 114 ;

and secularism, 38 ;

warrior women and, 189 -98;

and women's rights, 174 , 198 , 200 , 201 , 207 . See also British; Nationalism

Polygyny, 174 -84, 202 , 262

Poor: dacoits serving, 135 -43;

working women, 198 -207

Popular culture, 42 , 117 , 254 -57, 263 -64

Popular music, 209 , 218 , 220

Popular theatre, 41 -42

Possession, 39 , 310 n.11

Potiphar's-wife motif, 177 , 182

Power: and dacoit dramas, 261 ;

and festive images, 263 ;

of kings, 124 -25, 143 ;

of warrior woman, 30 ;

of wives, 172 , 176 . See also Politics

Prabodha chandrodaya , 62 , 63 , 314 n.13

Prahlad sangit , 57 , 58 , 90 , 258

Prakrit drama, 44

Prasad, Giriraj, 218 , 231

Prasad, Munshi Ambe, 93

Prasad, Narayan ("Betab"), 81 , 84

Prasad, Vinayak ("Talib"), 81 , 322 n.111

Premodern performance, 56 -85, 252 -53, 257 , 259 -60. See also Nautanki

Press Act (1910), 194

Press and Registration of Books Act (1867), 88 , 105 , 194

Princess Nautanki, 10 , 16 -17, 23 -31 passim, 49 , 92 , 158 , 256

Princess Nautanki . See Nautanki shahzadi

Print media, 42 , 86 , 87 -116, 258 , 260 . See also Publishers/Publishing; Sangit

Pritchett, Frances W., 5 , 88 , 307 n.10, 308 n.3

Prithviraj Chauhan of Delhi, 128 , 132 , 186 -87

Prose, 50 , 247 , 303

Prostitutes, 18 , 21 -23, 41 , 256 , 271

Publishers/Publishing: and literacy skills, 258 ;

in Rajasthan, 113 , 114 , 316 n.34;

of Sangits, 88 , 92 -98 passim, 102 -16 passim, 260 , 324 -26;

and social reform movements, 105 -6, 110 , 116 , 254

Punjab: music of, 10 , 51 ;

Sangits published in, 113 ;

tales from, 10 , 13 , 50 , 70 , 72 -73, 154 , 259 ;

yogis of, 70 , 72 -73, 319

"Punjab Mailtrain" (Panjab mel ), 112

Puram , 51 , 52 -53

Puran, 73 , 175 -77, 180 , 319 n.73

Puranas, 50 , 66 , 120

Puran bhagat , 92 , 175 , 322 n.110. See also Bhakt puranmal; Puranmal/Puranmal

Puranmal, 49 , 118 , 127 , 327 n.7

Puranmal/Puranmal , 65 , 202 , 327 n.7;

asceticism/yogis and, 70 , 92 , 176 -77;

dangerous women in, 174 -77, 179 , 180 , 181 -82, 188 , 192 , 197 -98, 200 , 262 . See also Bhakt puranmal; Puran bhagat; Puranmal jati; Puranmal ka khyal

Puranmal jati (Muralidhar), 103

Puranmal ka khyal , 301

Puritanism, 253 -54, 333 . See also Reforms, social

Purohit, Prahlad Ray, 65

Purvaranga , 46

Pyari, 162 -63