नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

78 THE NĀṬYAŚĀSTRA [ V. 17-

The Pratyāhāra

17. Arranging of the musical instruments (kutapa) is called the Pratyāhāra¹.

The Avataraṇa

The seating of singers is called the Avataraṇa (lit. coming down)².

The Ārambha

18. The commencement of vocal exercise for singing (parigīta) is called the Ārambha (lit. beginning)².

The Āśrāvaṇā

Adjusting the musical instruments for playing them in due manner is called the Āśrāvaṇā.

The Vaktrapāṇi

19. Rehearsing (lit. dividing) the different styles (vṛtti) of playing musical instruments is called the Vaktrapāṇi¹.

The Parighaṭṭanā

The strings of instruments are adjusted duly during the Parighaṭṭanā².

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neries to be performed behind the front curtain, have been made needlessly elaborate. But it is not so. In ancient times people due to different conditions of their lives, were not so much punctual in coming to the theatrical show, They did not come to it all at once and at any fixed time. Quite a long time passed before they all assembled. Hence from behind the curtain the Director offered to the early-comers (naturally the people who had no haste in their lives) whatever they could, while preparing for the actual performance. Hence Ag. (I. p. 215) says that nine items of the Preliminaries were meant for a [common] women, children and fools. The same practice about the Preliminaries may be observed even now in case of the Yātrās or the open air theatrical performances in Bengal. 17 (B.G. same).

¹ For the arragement of the musical instruments see the diagram 2.
² For the position of singers see diagram 2.
18 (B.G. same). ¹ āśrāvaṇā—For details about the performance of this see NŚ. (C.) XXIX. 120 ff.
19 (B.G. same). ¹ vaktrapāṇi—For details about the performance for this see NŚ. (C.) XXIX. 131 ff.
² parighaṭṭanā—For the performance of this see NŚ. (C.) XXIX. 142-145.