नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XXIII. 196 ] THE COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP 437

The realistic and conventional objects

187-188. Some accessories [however] will be realistic (lokadharmī), while others will be conventional (nāṭyadharmī). Any thing following its natural form is called realistic while any deviation from the same will be known as conventional.

188-189. Accessories for use on the stage should not be made with stone as well as iron and other metals, for these due to their heaviness will create fatigue [in actors].

189-190. Light objects should be made with lac, wood, leather, cloth, leaves [of trees] and sliced bamboo, for their use as accessories in a dramatic production.

190-192. Skeleton frames of armours, shields, banner-staffs, hills, palaces, gods, caves, horses, elephants, aerial cars, and houses should first be made with pieces of sliced bamboo and then by covering such frames with painted cloth, likenesses of such objects are to be produced.

192-193. But if it is not found possible to use cloth suitably for this purpose then palm-products¹ and mats (kiliñja)² may also be used instead.

193-194. Similarly weapons are to be made with grass and pieces of sliced bamboo, and with lac and Bheṇḍa (Bhāṇḍa)¹ other objects should be represented.

194-195. Imitation legs, heads and skin should be made with grass, mat and Bheṇḍa (Bhāṇḍa).

195-196. Various articles should [thus] be made with earth in imitation of their proper forms.

196-197. Various hills and shields, armours, banner-staffs

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188-189 (C.194; K.XXI.170). 189-190 (C 195; K.XXI.171).
190-192 (K.XXI.172-173).
192-193 (C.196; K.XXI.174). ¹ Tālyair iti tālapatraiḥ (Ag. p.435). ² Read kiliñjair for kilajair.
193-194 (C.197; K.XXI.175). ¹ Bheṇḍa K, bhāṇḍa C. भाण्डे (भेण्डे) रित्यलाबुदल-खड्गादिभिः (Ag. p. 435).
194-195 (C.198; K.XXI.176). 195-196 (C.199; K.XXI.177).
196-197 (C.200; K.K.XXI.178a).