नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

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and her anger and malice is also not great, and in her anger she remains silent¹.

Behaviour in the tertiary youth

51. A woman in her tertiary youth is an expert in love's pleasures, full of malice for her rivals, has many qualities and is not secretive about her proud acts¹.

Behaviour in the quartenary youth

52. A woman in her quartenary youth is capable of captivating a man, has no malice to her rivals even if she is an expert in love's enjoyments, and she always desires to remain unseparated [from her beloved]¹.

Five types of men

53-54. These are the four stages of youth for the Heroine in a drama. I shall now describe the types (lit. qualities) of men with regard to their love-affairs (kāmitantra)¹. With reference to their dealings (lit. application) with woman they are of five types, such as "excellent" (catura, lit. clever), "superior" (uttama), "middling" (madhyama), inferior" (adhama), and "too old" (sampravṛddha)².

The excellent man

55. A man is to be known as "excellent" when he is sympathetic, able to endure hardship, skilled in pacifying anger in connexion with love, expert in sexual acts and is honest.

The superior man

56-57. A man is to be known as "superior" when he does not do anything displeasing, is exalted (dhīrodātta)¹, sweet-tongued, dignified, and knows thoroughly the mysteries of [human] feelings (lit. heart). One who is sweet [in manners], munificent and feels love, but is not overcome by passion, and when insulted by a woman gets disgusted with her, is [to be hnown as] a "superior" man.

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¹ Cf. BhP. p. 104, l. 13-18.
51 (C.51; K.XXIII.49). ¹ Cf. BhP. p. 105, l. 1-4.
52 (C.52; K.XXIII.50). ¹ Cf. BhP. p. 105, l. 8-10.
53-54 (C.53-54; K.XXIII.51). ¹ K. omits 53.
² Cf. BhP. 91. l. 20ff. 55 (C.55; K.XXIII.52).
56-57 (C.56-57; K.XXIII.53). ¹ The term is used in later classifications of Heroes. Cf. DR. II. 3-6a, BhP. p. 92 l. 2-3.

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