नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XV. 102 ] RULES OF PROSODY 261

98. All the syllabic metres fall into three classes such as divine, human and semi-divine.

99. Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik, Anuṣṭup, Bṛhatī, Triṣṭup and Jagatī belong to the first or the divine (divya) class.

100. Atijagatī, Śakkarī, Atiśakkarī, Aṣṭi, Atyaṣṭi, Dhṛti and Atidhṛti belong to the next (i.e. human) class.

101. Kṛti, Prakṛti, Vyākṛti (Ākṛti), Vikṛti, Saṁkṛti, Abhikṛti (Atikṛti) and Utkṛti belong to the semi-divine class¹.

102. O the best of Brahmins, now listen about the metrical patterns which are to be used in plays and which are included in the Rhythm-types described by me¹.

Here ends Chapter XV of Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra
which treats of the Rules of Prosody.

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98 (C.91b-92a, B..XIV.112b-113a).
99 (C.92b-93a, B.XIV.113b-114a).
100 (93b-94a, B.XIV.114b-115a).
101 (C.94b-95a, B.XIV.115b-116a). ¹ The seventeen couplets after this (C.101a-118a B.XIV, 116b-132a) seem to be spurious. For a discussion on this point see the Introduction.
102 (C.118-119, B.XIV,133-134). ¹ Some versions of the NŚ. read this couplet as the beginning of the next chapter.