नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

412 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXIII, 13-

Worn ornaments

13. The ornaments to be worn (prakṣepya) are the anklets (nūpura) as well as the wearing apparels.

Put-round ornaments

And those [ornaments] to be put round (āropya) are the golden neck-chain (hemasūtra) and necklaces (hāra) of different kinds.

Ornaments according to habitation and tribal origin

14. I shall now speak of the varieties of ornaments of men and women according to their habitation and tribal origin.

Ornaments for males :
Head ornaments

15. The crest-jewel (cūḍāmaṇi)¹ and the crown (mukuṭa)² are called ornaments of the head.

Ear ornaments

And the ear-ring (kuṇḍala)³, Mocaka (ear-pendant)⁴ and ear-top (kīla) are ornaments of the ears.

Neck ornaments

16. The pearl-necklace (muktāvalī) the Harṣaka¹ and the [gold] thread (sūtra)² are ornaments of the neck.

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13 (C.14; K.XXI.13).
14 (C.15; K.XXI.14).
15 (C.16; KXXI.15). ¹ To be worn on the top of the head. Cūḍāmaṇiḥ śiromadhye (Ag. p. 430).
² To be worn above the forehead. Mukuṭo lalāṭordhve (Ag. l.c.).
³ To be worn in the lower lobe of the ear. Kuṇḍalam adhara-pālyām (Ag. l.c.).
⁴ To be worn in the hole in the middle of the ear. Mocakaḥ karṇaśaṣkulyā madhyacchidre uttara-karṇiketi prasiddham (Ag. l.c.).
16 (C.17; K.XXI.16). ¹ harṣaka—a snake-shaped ornament, samudgata-sarpādi rūpatayā prasiddham. (Ag. l.c.).
² Sūtram—golden neck-chain, sūtrakam iti guccha-grīvā-sūtrāditayā prasiddham (Ag. l.c.).
³ Kaṭakaḥ (vaṭikā, K.). Ag. (l.c.) reads the term differently. He says vetiketi sūkṣmakaṭaka-rūpā.
⁴ Aṅguli-mudrā—In later times the two members of this compound word (aṅguliya and mudrā) gave rise to two different synonyms for the object (ring) denoted by it.