नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

304 THE NATYASASTRA [ XVII. 22-

of] Inference from Similitude (tulya-tarka, lit. reasoning from the comparables)¹.

Multiplex Predication

22. When a number of words are used along with a number of other words to form different groups for the same purpose, it becomes [an instance of] Multiplex Predication (padoccaya)¹.

Description

23. When any object or incident directly seen or not, is described in harmony with locality, time or from related to it it becomes [an instance of] Description (diṣṭa)¹.

Pointed Utterance

24. When one says something of his own on the basis of Śāstras and thereby pleases the learned, it is a Pointed Utterance (upadiṣṭa, lit. utterance)¹.

Deliberation

25. That which establishes something not directly perceived and is in harmony with the meaning expressed earlier¹ and

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¹ Cf. SD. 442. Ag. reads this is as a variant of the definition of Exhortation (B.XVI.19) which in translation is as follows: To say something very pointedly through suggesting one's own idea by means of likening it to others' actions, is called Exhortation (ākranda). Cf. SD. 472.

22 (C.22; B.p.356, XVI.22). ¹ Cf. SD. 443 Ag.'s reading in translation is as follows: When anything is described as possessing different aspects by means of many words of similar import, it is [an instance of] Multiplex Predication (padoccaya) which puts together many objects.

23 (C.23; B.p. 356, XVI.23). ¹ BC. dṛṣṭa for diṣṭa Cf. SD. 448. Ag. reads this as a variant of sārūpya (B.XVI,15) which is different from XVI.35 and is as follows:

अपदिष्टस्तु परोक्षो यक्षादनुपपद्यतेऽनुकरणेन । लब्धवा-समानकरणात् सारूप्यं तन्तु विज्ञेयम् ॥

24 (C.24; B p.357, XVI.24). ¹ Cf. SD.449; Ag. reads this is as a variant of Argumentation (upapatti, B.XVI.35). The def.in translation is as follows: When faults discovered are explained away as being otherwise it is called Argumentation (upapatti) in connexion with drama. Cf. SD. 482.

25 (C.25; B.p. 357, XVI-25). ¹ C. pūrvadeśa° for pūrvāśaya; B. anekopādhi for anekāpoha. Cf. SD. 447. Ag.'s reading of the definition in