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398 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXI. 110

The Introductory Scene

110. The Introductory Scene (praveśaka) in relation to the Nāṭaka and the Prakaraṇa, is to occupy a place between two Acts and to treat the summary of the Prominent Point (bindu)².

111. The Introductory Scene should be known as not consisting of the exploits of the superior and the middling characters and there should be no exalted speech in it, and its language should be Prakrit¹.

The Transitional Scene

112. As in practice it falls between two Acts or within an Act, and relates to the purpose of the Germ (bīja), it is called the Transitional Scene (aṅkāvatāra).

The Anticipatory Scene

113. When the detatched beginning of an Act is summarised beforehand by a male or a female character, it is called the Anticipatory Scene (aṅkamukha)¹.

An ideal Nāṭaka

114-117. The playwright should write a Nāṭaka having

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110 (C.112; K.XIX.108). ¹ Cf. DR. I. 60-61; SD 309; NL. 307ff.

111 (C.113; K.XIX.109). ¹ See NŚ. XX. 32. Cf. DR. I. 60-61. SD. 309. C. gives one additional couplet after this. But this (not occuring in K.) seems to give no new information.

112 (C.115; K.XIX.110). ¹ Cf. DR. I. 62.63; SD. 311; NL. 398-399. The def. is not very clear. The aṅkāvatāra seems to furnish an indication of the subject-matter of the next Act. An example of this seems to be the dialogue of the Ceṭī and Vāsavadattā at the end of the Act II. of Svapna. This relates to the making of a garland by Vāsavadattā. Another example may be Avimāraka speaking एषः समासः। सर्वथा प्रवेष्टव्यं कुन्तिभोजस्य कन्यान्तःपुरम्। तदनुगन्तुमर्हसि महाब्राह्मणः; II. 5-6. This gives a clue to the subject-matter of the next Act which treats Avimāraka's entry into the royal harem.

113 (C.116; K.XIX 111). ¹ The aṅkamukha seems to relate mostly to plays other than of the Nāṭaka and the Prakaraṇa types. Examples of this are perhaps the speeches of the Bhaṭa in the beginning of the Karṇa, and of the Dūtagha., The reason for the above assumption is that the rules prescribe viṣkambhaka for Nāṭakas only (see 107), and praveśakas for both Nāṭakas and Prakaraṇas (see 110). Cf. DR. I. 62; SD. 312, 313; NL. 408.

114-117 (C.117-120; K.XIX.112-115).