नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

298 THE NATYASASTRA [ XVI. 168-

168. When the two hemistichs of a Capalā have the same characteristics it is called the all-round Capalā.

169. This metre is known have thirty Mātrās in its first hemistich and twenty-seven in the second¹.

170. Following these rules (lit. thus) one should compose plays (lit. poetical composition) utilising (lit. having) therein different metrical patterns belonging to (lit. arising from) different Rhythm-types, and such plays are to have the thirtysix characteristic marks (lakṣaṇa).

Here ends Chapter XVI. of Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra which treats of the Metrical Patterns.

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168 (B.XV.220 ; C.162b-163a).

169 (B.XV.205, 201 ; C.163b-164a,). ¹ The five couplets after this (B.XV.222-226) are corrupt and appear to be spurious. These will be discussed in the Introduction.

170 (C.186b-189, B.XV.227).