नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

426 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXIII. 101

101. Pañcālas¹, Śūrasenas², Uḍhras³, Māgadhas⁴, Aṅgas⁵, Vaṅgas⁶ and Kaliṅgas⁷ should be made dark or deep blue (śyāma) in complexion,

Colours of differen castes

102. Brahmins and Kṣatriyas should be always made red (or reddish yellow)¹ and Vaiśyas and Śūdras dark or deep blue (śyāma) in complexion².

Rules for the beard

103. After painting the face and other limbs one should provide beards to persons after considering their habitation, activity and age.

104. The beard according to the change of States of persons should be of four kinds : shaven (śuddha)¹, black (śyāma)² smartly done (vicitra)³ and bushy (romaśa, lit. hairy)⁴.

---

101 (C.104; K.XXI. 90b-91a). ¹ Pañcāla tribe is well-known in Mbh.
² Śūrasena—The tribe which once settled around Mathura. It gave its name to the principal Pkt. of the Indian drama (Śaurasenī).
³ Uḍhra (Uḍra)—The name of a tribe after which the modern Orissa (Oḍriviṣaya) has been named. See Manu. 10; 44.
⁴ Māgadha—The tribe after which the ancient country of Magadha was named.
⁵ Aṅga—The tribe after which the ancient country of Aṅga was named.
⁶ Vaṅga—The tribe after which the ancient Vaṅga (South-East Bengal) was named.

102 (C.105; K.XXI 91b-92a). ¹ Red (rakta, C) or reddish yellow colour (gaura, K) assigned to Brahmins and Kṣatriyas probably show that at one time when the various theatrical conventions cystalised, these two sections of the society still retained their original Indo-Iranian physical features one of which was certainly the colour of their skin. The dark colour of the Vaiśyas and Śūdras similarly shows in all likelihood that these were not Aryans or Aryans of the pure type. ² See note 1 above.

103 (C.106; K.XXI.92b-93a).

104 (C.107; K.XXI.93b-94a). ¹ Śuddha (śukla, C.)—clean-shaven, kṣureṇa sarvadā vāsitam, always treated with razor (Ag.).
² Śyāma—ordinarily black in colour ; but see above.
³ Vicitra—cut or done in special fashion. Ag. (p.433) on this point says : विचित्रमि[ति]क्षुरसकर्मो कर्मणा उत्पादनकर्मणा च रचित(तं) विचित्रसन्निवेशं. The reading though evidently corrupt seems to give the meaning suggested.
⁴ Romaśa—bushy, romaśaṁ iti yathotpannam (Ag. l.c.), 'bushy