नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XXIV. 59] THE BASIC REPRESENTATION 449

Change of Words

Change of words (apalāpa)$^2$ is the alteration of words spoken before.

Message

55. "Speak this to him", is [an example of] Message (sandeśa)$^1$.

Agreement

Saying "You have said what was uttered by me" is [an example] of Agreement (atideśa)$^2$.

Command

56. "I alone am speaking", is [an example] of Command (nirdeśa)$^1$.

Pretext

To speak with the purpose of deception, is called Pretext (vyapadeśa)$^2$.

Instruction

57. To say "Do this" or "Take this" is [an example] of Instruction (upadeśa)$^1$.

Statement

* * * is [an example of] Statement (apadeśa)$^2$.

Another classification of the Verbal Representation

58. These are the forms [of sentences] that are to create the Verbal Representation. I shall speak [hereafter] of the characteristics of the seven forms which it may have.

59. [A sentence may contain a statement which] treats an act visible (pratyakṣa) or invisible (parokṣa); it may relate

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$^2$ See ibid p. 11, l. 5.
55 (C.55; K.XXII. 54c-55a). $^1$ Cf. BhP. p. 11, l. 6.
$^2$ See ibid p. 11, l. 7.
56 (C.56; K.XXII.55b-56b). $^1$ Cf. BhP. p. 11, l. 8.
$^2$ Cf. ibid p. 11, l. 11.
57 (C.57a; K.XXII.56a). $^1$ Cf. BhP. p. 11, l. 9.
$^2$ The texts omit the def. of apadeśa, which is given by BhP. (p. 11, l. 10) and is as follows : 'यथार्थकथनं यत्तु सोऽपदेश इति स्मृतः'.
58 (C.57bc; K.XXII.57). 59 (C.58; K.XXII.58).
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