नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XXIII, 128] THE COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP 429

121-122. To the Pāśupatas should be given a veriegated dress, and costumes of persons of high family should be made according to their position. Besides this the ascetics are sometimes to have the bark of trees and the [animal] skin as their clothing.

122-123. To persons engaged in guarding the harem should be given armour and clothes of dark red (kāṣāya) colour. The same should be the dresses of females when they attain special conditions.

124. Costumes of the warriors should be suitable for fighting a battle, and they are to be provided with brilliant weapons, armours, quivers¹ and bows

125. Kings should always be made to have a many-coloured dress ; but when due to ominous appearance of any star (nakṣatrotpāta)¹ they are engaged in any propitiatory rite their costumes should be white.

126. Thus should be made the dresses of persons (lit. types men and women) of the superior, the middling and the inferior classes according to their age, birth and other conditions (lit. qualities).

127. These are the rules of costumes in a dramatic production according as persons attain different conditions, and practice good or bad deeds.

Use of masks

128. Similarly different masks (pratīśira)¹ are to be used for gods and men according to their habitation, birth and age.

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121-122 (C.125, 127a; K.XXI 110b,109). 122-123 (C.126, 127b; K.XXI. 109b-110a, 111a). 124 (C.128; K.XXI-111b-112a). ¹ C. baddhatrāṇa for baddhatūṇa. 125 (C.129; K.XXI.112b-113a). ¹ नक्षत्रोत्पातप्रशमनार्थं यन्मङ्गलं, Ag. (p. 434). 126 (C.130; K.XXI.113b-114a). 127 (C.131; K.XXI.114b-115a). 128 (C.132; K.XXI-115b-116a). ¹ Pkt. paḍisisaa = Skt. pratīśīrṣaka (Karp I.). It is not laid down anywhere whether masks are to be used in all types of plays and for all characters. For a discussion on this see the Introduction.