काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

TENTH ADHYĀYA 203

*[ l. 26. मौहूर्तिका: cf. मौहूर्तिकपौराणिकसूतमागधाः (अर्थशास्त्र. p. 245) ]. l. 26 अन्येऽपि तथाविधाः refers to specialists in मन्त्र and तन्त्र Śāstras. *[ l. 27. नटनर्तक. cf. नटनर्तकगायकवादकवाग्जीवनकुशीलवप्लवकसौभिकचारणानां सर्वतालावचराणाञ्च (अर्थशास्त्र. p. 125.) also नटनर्तकवादकवाग्जीवनकुशीलवाः Ibid. p. 48. ] l. 27. The word Prākṛta also refers to poets in Prākṛta language by its secondary capacity. नट=a professional actor. Naṭa is defined in the Bhāvapra- kāśana thus:— अतीतं लोकवृत्तान्तं रसभावसमन्वितम् । स्वभाववन्नाटयति यतस्तस्मान्नटः स्मृतः ॥ p. 288, 5-6. नर्तकः=professional actor in the minor dramas such as डोम्बी श्रीगदित etc. He performs नृत्त or नृत्य in these Uparūpakas which are 18 or 20 in number. For detailed information regarding नृत्त and नृत्य and 20 minor kinds of dramas see Bhāvaprakāśana chapters 7, 8 and 10. Page. 55. l. 1. वादनम्=instrumental music. It must be construed with जीवन. कुशीलव=singers behind a dancing girl when she dances, or singers in general. तालावचर=dancers. l. 3. वैकटिकाः=jewellers. वर्धकि=carpenters. l. 4. प्लवक=rope-dancers. शौभिक=juggler. जम्भक=magicians or मायावी. For जम्भकविद्या see Arthaśāstra p. 245–16. *[ l. 7. वासुदेव. There are two such names in ancient history: (1) Vāsudeva Kāṇva, the Brāhmaṇa minister of Devabhūti of the solar race, who usurped the throne made vacant by the murder of Devabhūti and reigned about 73. B. C. (2) Vāsudeva I, the Kushān king who reigned from 140–178 A. D. सातवाहन, the author of गाथाकोश and the patron of poets. His गाथाकोश contains Gāthās of many poets. For the derivation of the word, cf. सातेन यस्माद्वोढोऽभूत् तस्मात्तं सातवाहनम् । नाम्ना चकार कालेन राज्ये चैनं न्यवेशयत् ॥ कथासरित्सागर.