नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVII. 117 ] DICTION OF A PLAY 321

In the Heroic Sentiment

111-112. In the Heroic Sentiment the poetical composition should have gradation [of sounds] and it should be in metres of the Jagatī, Atijagatī and Śaṃkṛti types. In the description of battles and tumults Utkṛti has been prescribed by the experts.

In the Pathetic Sentiment.

Śakkarī and Atidhṛti would be the proper metres in the Pathetic Sentiment..

In the Heroic and the Furious Sentiments

113. The metres prescribed for the Heroic Sentiment may be applied in the Furious Sentiment as well ; and as for metres in the rest of the cases (i. e. those not mentioned) they should be made suitable to the meaning intended.

Vowel-length in different Sentiments and States

114. In connexion with the drama the poets should use¹ short, long and prolated (pluta) vowels for representing different Sentiments and States.

115. In the intonation [in Recitation] a vowel consisting of one Mātrā is short, of two Mātrās is long and of three Mātrās is prolated (pluta).

Uses of the prolated vowel

116. In remembering anything, in [expressing] indignation¹, in lamenting or in the reading of Brahmins the prolated (pluta) vowels occur.

117. [Syllables concerned in these connexions] will be ‘ā’ for remembering, ‘ū’ for indignation, ‘hā’ for lamentation and ‘om’ for the reading of Brahmins.

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111-112 (C.112-113; B.XVI.117-118).
113 (C.114; B.XVI.119).
114 (C.115; B.XVI.122). ¹ C. kāvyaṃ vijñeyaṃ for kāryaṃ kavibhir.
115 (C.116; B.XVI 123).
116 (C.117; B.XVI.124). ¹ C. smṛte cāstrayute for smṛte cāsūyite.
117 (C.118; B.XVI.125).
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