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-XIX. 28 ] MODES OF ADDRESS AND INTONATION 343

Addressing a sister

An elder sister is to be addressed as "sister" (bhaginī)(^2) and an younger sister as 'child" (vatse)(^3).

Addressing a Brahmin lady, a nun or a female ascetic

26. A Brahmin lady, a nun (liṅgasthā) or a female ascetic (vratinī) is to be addressed as "noble lady" (ārye)(^1).

Addressing one's wife

A wife is to be addressed as "noble lady" (ārye)(^2) or by referring to her father's(^3) or son's(^4) name.

Women addressing their equals

27. Women friends among their equals are to be accosted by one another with the word "hallo" (halā)(^1).

Addressing a handmaid

By a superior woman a handmaid (preṣyā) is to be accosted with the word "hey child" (haṃ-je)(^2).

Addressing a courtezan

28. (^1)A courtezan is to be addressed by her attendents as Ajjukā(^2), and when she is an old woman she is to be addressed by other charactors in a play as Attā(^3).

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(^2) This mode of address does not seem to occur in any extant drama. cf. Karp. I. p. 18.
(^3) Ex. Yaugandharāyaṇa in the role of an elder brother addresses the queen who is playing the role of his younger sister as vatse (Pratijñā. I. 9.11). C. om. 25a.
26 (C. 25b-26a; B. XVII. 90b-91a). (^1) No ex. of this rule seems to be available in any extant drama. Parivrājikā in Mālavi (I) and the female ascetic in Vikram. (V) could have been addresses as ārye instead of as bhagavatī. In Madhyama. Ghaṭokaca addresses the wife of the Brahmin as bhavatī.
(^2) Ex. Sūtradhāra addressing his wife (Mṛcch. I Malati. I)
(^3) e.g. Māṭharaputrī (Māṭhara's daughter). No example seems to occur in any extant drama.
(^4) e.g. Somaśarma-jananī (Somaśarman's mother). No example seems to occur in any extant drama.
27 (C. 26b-27a; B. XVII. 91b-92a). (^1) For ex. see Śak. Vikram. etc.
(^2) Ex. Sītā addressing her maid (Pratimā. I. 4.21), Irāvatī addressing Nipuṇikā (Mālavi. III. 14.1).
28 (C. 27b-28a; B. XVII. 92b-93a). (^{-1}) Read the hemistich 28a as या तत्र वृद्धा सा त्वाख्याता परिजनेन च.