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368 THE NATYASASTRA [ XX. 74-

Love together with material gain

74. Love in which attainment of material gain occurs in various ways¹ is called Love in relation to material gain (artha-śṛṅgāra) or it may be that love in which the enjoyment of pleasure with women is for the purpose of some material gain.

Love due to passion

75. Love actuated by passion (kāma-śṛṅgāra) includes the seduction of a maiden and it causes, and also secret or excited intercourse¹ of a man with a woman.

Metres not allowed in the Samavakāra

76. ¹In the Samavakāra the playwright should make proper use metres other than Uṣṇik and Gāyatrī etc. which are of complex construction².

77. In this manner an expert should compose a Samavakāra which will be the source of various Sentiments¹. I shall hereafter speak about the characteristics of the Īhāmṛga.

The Īhāmṛga

78. It (Īhāmṛga) has as its dramatis personae divine males who are implicated in fights about divine females. It should be constructed with a well-arranged plot and should be convincing¹.

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74 (C.78; B.XVIII.74). ¹ Read 74a as अर्थख्याति र्विविधैकथा भवति सोऽर्थशृङ्गारः : (ms. cha B.).

75 (C.79; B.XVIII.75). ¹ Read 76a as कन्याविलोभनं वै प्राप्य स्त्रीपुंसयोस्तु रम्यं वा निभृतं सावेगं वा विज्ञेयः काम शृङ्गारः. (mss. ya, na, pha, bhi in B.).

76 (C.80; B.XVIII.76). ¹ Read this couplet as follows :—उष्णिग् गायत्र्याद्यान्यानि। बन्धानि बन्धकुटिलानि तान्यत्र समवकारे कविभिः सम्यक् प्रयोज्यानि. The reading accepted by Ag. seems to be corrupt. For Uṣṇik and Gāyatrī type of metres cannot by any means be considered as being of complex construction (bandhakuṭila). Our emendation has the support of mss. cha. in B. Udbhaṭa (the noted commentator of the NŚ.) too thinks that the rule prescribes complex metres such as Sragdharā for the Samav. See Ag. ² Lengthy, sami-even and uneven types of metres.

77 (C.81; B.XVIII.77). ¹ C. sukhaduḥkhasamāśrayaḥ for nānārasasamāśrayaḥ.

78 (C.82; B.XVIII.78). ¹ C. Viprātyaya for vipratyaya. No old specimen of this type of drama is available. Rukmiṇīharaṇa by Vatsarāja is an artificial production of a very late period (12th century).