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Natyashastra of Bharata Muni with Hindi Commentary (Vol 1)

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पृष्ठ 446, कुल 654 में से

संदर्भ में पढ़ें
पृष्ठ 446

-XX. 41 ] TEN KINDS OF PLAY 361

should be concise and follow the polished style of speaking (saṃskṛta-vacana).²

  1. It should be of two kinds : pure (śuddha) and mixed (saṃkīrṇa). Of these, the pure is made up with the middling characters, and the mixed with the inferior and the middling characters.

  2. In the Nāṭaka and the Prakaraṇa an Explanatory Scene between two Acts or at the beginning of an Act, should always include the middling and the inferior characters¹.

Number of dramatis personae

  1. The Nāṭaka and the Prakaraṇa should not be made to contain a great number of attendants [to the Hero]. The Hero's attendants (lit. men of work) in such plays (lit. there) should [at most] be four or five¹.

  2. Plays of the Vyāyoga, the Īhāmṛga, the Samavakāra, and the Ḍima classes should be made to have ten or twelve characters **¹.

Introducing chariots and palaces on the stage

  1. A chariot, an elephant, a horse and a palace should not be presented on the stage. These should be provided [in a play] by means of appearance and costumes¹ [of men concerned] and [their] Gaits² and movements (gati-vicāra)³.

37 (C.38; B.XVIII.55). ¹ Ex. Pratijñā II. Śak. III.
² Ex. Pratimā. II, Vikram. III.

38 (C.39). ¹ The exact significance of this rule is not clear. It possibly means to say that plays other than of the Nāṭaka and the Prakaraṇa types, will not allow an Explanatory Scene of the mixed kind. An example of such a scene probably occurs in the Pañca. of Bhāsa, which does not fall into any of the known types of drama. See Pusalker, Bhāsa, pp. 209ff.

39 (C.40; B.XVIII.41). ¹ This rule is possibly meant for avoiding the practical difficulty of producing a drama with too many characters.

40 (C.41). ¹ C. gives it in a mutilated form. Its second hemistich should be read as daśabhiḥ dvādaśabhir vā kāryāṇi......

41 (C.42). ¹ This couplet should be read na न त्ववतरणं कार्यं रङ्गे रथवाजी-विमानानाम्। तेषामाकृतिवेषैर्विधानमुक्तं गतिविचारैः.
² See NŚ. XXIII. 6-9.
³ See NŚ. XII.

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