नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-IV. 263 ] DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS DANCE 67

256. Gaṇas like Nandin and Bhadramukha seeing then [in course of this performance of Śiva], Piṇḍībandha¹ [of different dance forms] gave names to them [and imitated these] well.

257-263. Names of Piṇḍīs specially attached to different gods and [goddesses are as follows] : Śiva—Vṛṣa, Nandin - Paṭṭisi, Caṇḍikā (Kālī)—Siṃhavāhinī, Viṣṇu—Tārkṣya, Svayambhu—(Brahman)—Padma (lotus), Śakra (Indra)—Airāvatī, Manmatha—Jhaṣā, Kumāra (Kārtikeya)—Śikhī (peacock), Śrī (Lakṣmī)—Ulū (owl), Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)—Dhārā, Yama—Pāśa, Varuṇa—Nadī, Kuvera (Dhanada)—Yākṣī, Bala (rāma)—Hala (plough), Bhogins (serpents)—Sarpa, Gaṇeśvaras (the lords of Gaṇas)¹—Dakṣayajñāvimardinī, The [Piṇḍī] of Śiva, the killer of Andhaka², will be Raudrī in the form of his trident. The Piṇḍīs of the remaining gods and goddesses will be similarly named after (lit. marked with) their own banners³.

263-264. After inventing the Recakas, Aṅgahāras and Piṇḍīs, Śiva communicated them to the sage Taṇḍu¹ who in his turn made out of them dance together with songs and

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256 (B.260, G.255). ¹ Piṇḍībandha—Ag. (I. 170-171) explains the words as follows:—पिण्डोबन्म चाङ्गतिविशेषस्तस्यैकदेशविवक्षणेने पिण्डीति।......पिण्डीबन्धः करणाङ्गहारादिः।......पिण्डीबन्धशब्देन विविपिण्डीप्रभृत्युपायमशूरललितादिकरणसंघशः।......भङ्गधारा एव पिण्डीबन्धाः तथाऽन्येपि पिण्डीबन्ध इति केवलकरणसंघशः. From these quotations it is apparent that Ag. had no definite idea about the piṇḍībandha or piṇḍī. But the word occurs in the following couplet of a later work on dramaturgy (Bh P. p.264) :

षोड़शद्वादशाष्टौ वा यस्मिन्नृत्यन्ति नायिकाः। पिण्डीबन्धादिविन्यासैः रासकं तदुदाहृतम् ॥

From the above quotation the meaning of the word seems to be a term relating to group-dance. For more about piṇḍībandha see 257-262, 284-285, 291-294 below.

257-262 (B.261-266a, G.256 261). ¹ Gāṇeśvarī means relating to Gaṇeśvaras or lords of hosts ; see above NŚ. III. 31,58 and III. 1-8 note 7.

² The story of Śiva's killing the Asura Andhaka occurs in Rām, Hraivaṃśa and several Purāṇas. See JK. sub voce.

³ B. omits 263b altogether.

263-264 (B.266b-268a, G.262-263). ¹ Taṇḍu's name does not seem to occur in any extant Purāṇa. It is just possible that the name of this muni has been derived from tāṇḍava a non-Aryan word which originally may have meant dance.