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Sacrifice: Manas recitation as, 95 -96;

Puranic recitation as, 58 . See also Ritual; Vedic ritual; Yajña

Sadhus, 298 . See also Ramanandi order

Sagar, Ramanand, 412

Sagun^[*] devotional tradition, 10 , 26

Saket, 316 -18

Sakha and sakhi traditions. See Rasik tradition

Sammelan. See Katha

Samput^[*] , 69 -72

Samvad , 17 ;

as framing device, 21 ;

relation to Katha , 117

Sanatan Dharm movement: defined, 362 -63;

development of, 360 -71;

emphasis on varnasram^[*]dharm , 389 -90;

influence on Manas interpretation, 177 ;

role of Gita Press, 62

Sanka^[*] : concerning Sundar kand^[*] , 210 -11;

published collections, 177 ;

in Puranic tradition, 127 ;

in Vaishnava exegesis, 393

Sankat Mochan Temple, 49 -51, 156 , 169 , 174 , 189 , 414 ;

daily Katha program, 194 -200;

folksinging program at, 100 ;

Katha festival, 161 -63, 368 ;

Ramlila sponsorship, 255 ;

recitation festival, 92

Sankirtan^[*] . See Kirtan

Sanmarg , 155 , 384

Sanskrit language, 30 ;

diction in Katha , 190 ;

as father tongue, 436 -37;

promotion by R.S.S., 387 ;

use in recitation rituals, 89

Santi , 407 -8

Sant tradition, 356

Sarasvati, Dayanand. See Dayanand Sarasvati

Sati (goddess), 201 -2

Satsang^[*] , 111 ;

as milieu of Katha , 118 -19, 196

Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar, 382

Schechner, Richard, 96 , 249 , 266 , 284 , 298 , 331

Second Great Awakening, 235

Seva , 281

Shaivism, 10 , 24

Shaktism. See Goddess

Shankaracharya order, of dandi^[*] , 384

Sharan, Anjaninandan, 57 , 62 ;

on economics of Katha , 166 ;

emphasis on originality, 175 ;

essay on Katha tradition, 131 -39;

Manaspiyus^[*] , 153 -54

Sharan, Mohini, 93

Sharan, Rampriya, 320

Sharan, Sitaram, 186

Sharma, Din Dayal, 360 -62

Shastri, Rajnikant, 401 -3, 406 -7, 413 , 428

Shastri, Shivkumar, 367

Shastri, Srimati Krishna, 171

Shastri, Sunita, 171

Shatrughna, 349 n. 15

Shiva, 10 , 24 , 71 n. 35;

allegorical interpretation of, 230 ;

cited in Katha , 217 , 224 ;

Hanuman as incarnation, 48 ;

prominence in Banaras, 46 ;

in Ramnagar Ramlila , 331 ;

Vishvanath Temple, 80 ;

yajña honoring Rudra, 95

Shiva Narayan, 86 -87, 203

Shivpur Ramlila , 337 -39

Shravan, month of: festival at Tulsi Manas Temple, 51 ;

folksinging during, 105 -9;

Swing Festival, 330 -31

Shri Venkateshvar Steam Press, 61

Shudra caste, 394 -95, 402 -4

Shukla, Ramchandra, 347

Shukla, Ramnarayan, 156 , 179 , 228 , 307 , 432 ;

choice of vocation, 173 ;

daily Katha described, 197 -200;

interaction with audience, 189 -90;

mangalacaran^[*] , 184 ;

performance fees, 167 , 169 ;

photo, 168 ;

reverence for Manas , 182 ;

style of vyakhya , 211 ;

use of epithets, 192 ;

use of local dialect, 191

Shulman, David, 352 -53, 371

Shurpankha, 289 -90, 294

Singh, Balvant, 135 -36, 259 -60

Singh, Bhagavati Prasad, 320 -21

Singh, Chandradharprasad Narayan (C. N. Singh), 9 n. 18, 210 -11

Singh, Chet, 260 , 265

Singh, Gopal Sharan, 137

Singh, Ishvariprasad Narayan, 136 , 146 -49, 266 -67, 321

Singh, Jnani Sant, 141 -42

Singh, Mansaram, 135

Singh, Narayan, 398 -99

Singh, Prabhu Narayan, 136

Singh, Raghuraj, 137 , 266 -67, 320

Singh, Udit Narayan, 136 ;

founding of Ramlila , 262 -66, 321 , 329

Singh, Vibhuti Narayan, 63 , 276 , 322 , 330

Singh, Vishvanath, 137 , 141 , 145

Sita: characterization of, 344 -46;

illusory Sita, 7 ;

in Kajli song; 109 ;

in Kampan Ramayan, 5 ;

in Ramnagar Ramlila , 334 ;

in rasik tradition, 315 -17, 319 -20

Sitayan , 320

Smaran^[*] , 313

Song of Songs. See Canticle of Canticles.

Sontag, Susan, 232

Soratha^[*] , 14 -15

Srisampraday , 184 -85

Srngar^[*] , 275 ;

in rasik tradition, 316 ;

as temple festival, 53 n. 1

Srngari^[*]bhakti . See Rasik tradition

Srngariya^[*] , 274 -75

Sugriv, 213 -19

Suklapaksa^[*] , 64

Sumeru Temple, 265

Sundar kand^[*] , 48 , 50 , 307 -8;

exposition by Ramkumar Mishra, 151 ;

exposition by Shrinath Mishra, 213 -19;

Gandhi's interpretation of, 379 ;

Hanuman and Lankini, 242 -43;

in Kajli singing, 109 ;

modern popularity of, 418 ;

phalsruti of, 38 ;

problematic verse in, 210 -11;

use of framing in, 25 ;

verse written on trucks, 51 -52

Surdas, Ramsahay, 11 , 70

Surkishor, 319

Sursagar , 11

Suta , 122 -24, 170

Svang , 292 -93

Svarup: defined, 94 n. 54;

in Chitrakut Ramlila , 273 ;

in festivals, 251

Swadhyaya movement, 433

Swatantra Party, 383

Swing Festival, 330 -31