नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

202 THE NATYASASTRA [ XI. 54-

54. It should also be assumed in throwing a disc, holding a bow, in patient and stately movement of the limbs and in anger.

55-57. On being reversed it is to be used in anger of love. And similarly in the administration of rebuke, and in love, distress, apprehension, envy, cruelty, assurance, and recollection, it is to be assumed when the Erotic, the Marvellous, the Odious and the Heroic Sentiments are prominently introduced.

57-58. Samapāda—the feet in the natural posture and kept one Tāla apart and the body with the natural Sauṣṭhava. Brahman is its presiding deity.

58-60. (Uses) : It should be assumed in accepting blessings from the Brahmins¹, and in mimicking birds. The bridegroom at the marriage ceremony, persons in the sky, chariot and aerial car (vimāna), persons² of marked sects (liṅgasthā) and persons practising vows are also to assume this.

60-62. Vaiśākha—the two feet three Tālas and a half apart and the thighs without motion ; [besides this] the two feet to be obliquely placed pointing sideways. Kārtikeya (Skanda) is its presiding deity.

62-64. (Uses) : This Sthāna should be assumed in riding horses, and in exercise, exit [from any place], mimicking large birds, practice of bending the bow and in the Recakas [of the feet].

64-65. Maṇḍala : It relates to Indra (i.e. its presiding deity is Indra). In it the feet are four Tālas apart and they are obliquely placed and turned sideways, the waist and the knee are in the natural position.

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54 (B.X. 55, G.55).
55-57 (B.X.56-58, G 56-57).
57-58 (B.X.58-59, G.58).
58-60 (B.X.59-61, G.59-60). ¹ vipramaṅgala—vipraiḥ yan maṅgalāśīrvacanādi (Ag.).
² liṅgasthān—śaivādyāḥ vratasthā ūrdhvakāyādi prajñāṅgāḥ (?) (Ag.).
60-62 (B.X.61-63, G.61-62).
62-64 (B.X.63-65, G.63-64),
64-65 (B.X.65-66, G.65).