नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

96 THE NATYASASTRA [ V. 153.

to [the different] directions in the Caturasra Preliminaries one should go five steps.

153. [But all these matters] should be performed in the Tryasra Preliminaries according to the measure of Tāla as the master of the art thinks fit. Hence to avoid repetition no [elaborate] direction about the same has been given [here].

154. O the best of the Brahmins, thus should be performed the pure Preliminaries of the Caturasra and the Tryasra types, which relate to a play depending on the Verbal Style.

The Mixed Preliminaries

155. So much about the pure Preliminaries which I was to describe. I shall now tell you how the producers may turn them to one of the mixed (citra) type.

156-157. After the Utthāpanī (Raising) Dhruvā has been decorated with flowers given by the Fourth Man (caturthakāra) and resounded with the well measured loud songs of musical experts, Dundubhis should be played again and again.

158. [And in the mixed Preliminaries thus begun] clusters of white flowers should be scattered all over [the stage], and the Aṅgahāras should be performed by [dancers dressed as] goddesses.

159-160. The Class Dance which has been described above with its [Piṇḍīs], Recakas, Aṅgahāras, Nyāsas and Apanyāsas should intervene the separate feet of the Benediotory (nāndī) poems (pada). This rule should be put into practice by those who would turn pure Preliminaries into mixed ones.

161. After the 'pure' Preliminaries have been duly made 'mixed' [all the dancers dressed as] goddesses should make their exit.

162. After the exit of all the female dancers the other parts of the Preliminaries should be performed.

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153 (B.154, G.150).	154 (B.155, G.151).
155 (B.156, G.152).	156-157 (B.157-158, G.153-154).
158 (B.159, G.155).	159-160 (B.160-161, G.156-157).
161 (B.162a, 163a, G.158).	162 (B.163b-164a, G.159).