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244 THE NATYASASTRA [ XIV. 47-

The Pāñcāla-Madhyamā Local Usage

47-48. Countries such as Pañcāla, Śūrasena, Kāśmīra, Hastināpura, Vālhika, Śākala¹, Madra and Uśīnara which are contiguous either to the Himalayas or to the Northern bank of the Ganges, take to the Pāñcāla-madhyamā Local Usage.

49. In this Usage the Grand (sāttvatī) and the Violent (ārabhaṭī) Styles are known [to predominate]. The application of these [means] paucity of song and excessive movement and extraordinary Gaits and steps.

The twofold entrance in observing Local Usages

50. Going about on the stage in [observing] Local Usages, will be in two ways, viz. by entering from the right and by entering from the left.

51. In the Āvantī and the Dākṣiṇātyā Local Usage the going about [on the stage] will be from the right, and in the Pāñcālī and the Oḍhra-Māgadhī it will be from the left.

52. In case of the Āvantī and the Dākṣiṇātyā Local Usages the door to be used in entering should be the Northern one, while in case of the Pāñcālī and Oḍhra-Māgadhī Local Usages the Southern door should be used.

53. But in view of the special assembly, place, occasion and expression of meaning these rules may be combined (lit. be made into one).

54. Experts should apply to plays the Local Usages which have been prescribed before for different countries.

55. In musical plays (gānakādi) these rules should be simplified. One should produce them (lit. practice those acts) in disregard of the multiplicity of Local Usages.

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47-48 (B.XIII.49-50, G.50-51). ¹ The reading Śalyaka of some mss. may be a variant of Śālvaka. As in the Purāṇas an expression like śālvāḥ śākalavāsinaḥ is met with. Śālvas or Śālvakas might have been the name of a tribe residing in the ancient Śākala region.
49 (B.XIII.51, G.49). 50 (B.XIII.52, G.52).
51 (B.XIII.53, G.53). 52 (B.XIII.54, G.54).
53 (B.XIII.55, G.55). 54 (B XIII.56, G.56). 55 (B.XIII.57, G.58).