नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

334 THE NATYASASTRA [ XVIII. 59-

59. To people who live in the Himalayas, Sindhu and Sauvīra a language abounding in u should be assigned.¹

60. To those who live on the bank of the Carmaṇvatī river and around the Arvuda mountain a language abounding in o¹ (or ta) should be assigned.

61. These are the rules regarding the assignment of dialects in plays. Whatever has been omitted [here] should be gathered by the wise from the popular usage.

Here ends Chapter XVIII of Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra which treats of the Rules regarding the Use of Languages.

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author of the passage intervocal ca in this particular region was yet maintained or dental t sounds were mostly changed into c sound (as in ciṭṭha for tiṣṭha).

59 (C.57b-58a; B.XVII.62). ¹ This u perhaps relates to a close pronounciation of the o vowel.

60 (C. omits this ; B.XVII.63). ¹ This o perhaps relates to a open pronounciation of the u vowel.

61 (C.53b-59; B.XVII.64).