नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

404 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXI, 26-

made in Sanskrit, is used by the eponymous bharatas (actors) as bhāratī (Verbal)¹.

The four varieties of the Verbal Style

26. It has four varieties such as the Laudation (prarocanā), the Introduction (āmukha), the Vīthī and the Prahasana, and these have became its component parts (aṅga)¹.

The Laudation

27. The Laudation (prarocanā) in the Preliminaries is to attain success, prosperity, good luck, victory and removal of all sins.¹

The Introduction

28-29. That part of a play where an actress¹, the Jester or the Assistant has a talk with the Director on some relevent topic, and they use interesting words or adopt any type of the Vīthī or talk in any other way is called the Introduction (āmukha)¹. I shall speak in detail about its five varieties (lit. elements).

The five varieties of the Introduction

30. The Accidental Interpretation (udghātyaka), the Opening of the Story (kathodghāta), the Particular Presentation (prayogātiśaya) the Personal Business, (pravṛttaka) and the Transference (avalgita) are the five varieties of the Introduction (āmukhā)¹.

31. Of these the characteristics of the Accidental Interpretation (udghātyaka)¹ and the Transference (avalgita)² have been mentioned by me. I shall now speak in detail of the characteristics of the rest.

Opening of the Story

32. [That Introduction] in which a character enters [the stage] taking up a remark of the Director or its meaning, is called the Opening of the Story (kathodghāta)¹.

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¹ NL. 1054ff. DR. II. 5 ; SD. 274, AP. modifies this def. by adding strīyuktā prākṛtoktitā, Haas, on DR. III. 5 (p.81).
26 (C 26; K.XX 26). ¹ Cf. NL. 1008-69; DR. III. 5 ; SD. 285.
27 (C.27; K.XX.27). ¹ Cf. NL. 1070-71ff; DR. III. 6 ; SD. 286.
28-29 (C.28-29; K.XX.28-29). ¹ Cf. NL.1178-81, DR. III. 7 SD. 286.
30 (C.30; K.XX.30). ¹ Cf. NL. 11-88-89 DR. III. 8, SD. 287.
31 (C 31; K.XX.31). ¹ See NŚ. XX.117 Cf. NL. 1189 ;. DR. III. 14 SD. 288. ² See NŚ. XX. 118; NL. 1192, DR. III. 15; SD. 292.
32 (C.32; K.XX.32). ¹ Cf. NL. 1196; DR. III. 9; SD. 289.