नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

318 THE NĀṬYAŚĀSTRA [XVII. 97-

Sweetness (mādhurya), Grandeur (ojas), Agreeableness (sauku-mārya, lit. delicacy), Directness of Expression (artha-vyakti, lit. expression of meaning), Exaltedness (udāra, lit. deep) and Lovelines (kānti).

Synthesis

97. Union of words connected through meanings intended is called Synthesis (śleṣa)¹.

Perspicuity

98. Where the unexpressed word or sense is comprehended through a use of easily understood words and sense, it is [an instance of] Perspicuity (prasāda)¹.

Smoothness

99. When a composition does not contain too many uncompounded words, redundant expressions and words difficult to understand it is [an instance of] Smoothness (samatā)¹.

Concentration

100. Possessing some special sense which the men of genius can find out in a composition (lit. here) is called Concentration (samādhi)¹.

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have ten Guṇas and name them similarly But their descriptions are different. Cf. De, Skt. Poetics, II. pp.15ff. Nobel, Foundations, pp. 104ff.

97 (C.97; B.XVI.97). ¹ Cf. Vāmana, III. I. 11 ; Daṇḍin I. 43-44. BC. give another description (C.98, B.XVI.98) of this Guṇa, which in translation is as follows : A [composition] which is, imbued with deep logic but from its nature is [very] plain and is very well-knit-together is called Compact (śliṣṭa).

98 (C.99; B.XVI.99). ¹ Cf. Vāmana III. 1. 6; Daṇḍin I.45.

99 (C 100; B.XVI. 100). ¹ Cf. Vāmana III. 1.12; Daṇḍin I-47-50. (B.XVI.101) and C. (100) gives an additional description of this Guṇa which in translation is as follows : When alaṃkāras and guṇas match and illuminate one another it is called [an instance of] Smoothness (samatā).

100 (C.p.212 f.n. 1. B.XVI.102). ¹ Cf. Vāmana, III. 1.13; Daṇḍin I. 93-94. B.(XVI.103) and C (101) gives an additional description of samādhi, which in translation is as follows : Careful condensation of meanings suggested by and derived from similes, is called Concentration (samādhi).