नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

528	THE NATYASASTRA	[ XXXIV. 11-

speaks smilingly¹, is obedient to her superiors (guru)², bashful, good-mannered, has physical charm as well as high birth, and other natural qualities, and is grave and patient, is to be known as a "superior" (uttama) character³.

A middling female character

11. A woman who does not possess these qualities to a great extent and always, and has some slight faults mixed with them, is to be known as a "middling" (madhyama) character.

An inferior female character

12. Description of the inferior male characters will generally apply in case of female characters of that type.

A mixed character

13. A hermaphrodite is to be known as a character of the "mixed" (saṃkīrṇa) and inferior type. Maid-servants and the like are also characters of the mixed type.

14. The Jester, the Śakāra¹ and all others like them in a play, are characters of the mixed type².

So much about the characters which may be male, female and hermaphrodite.

The four types of the Heroe

15-16. I shall now describe their classes¹ according to their conduct. Among these [characters], Heroes (nāyaka) are known to be of four classes, and they belong to the superior and the middling² types and have various characteristics.

17. The Hero is described as being of four kinds : the self-controlled and vehement (dhīroddhata), the self-controlled and light-hearted (dhīra-lalita), the self-controlled and exalted (dhīrodātta) and the self-controlled and calm (dhīra-praśānta).

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² Read gurūṇāṃ vacane. ³ Cf. K.XXIV. 109-110a.
11 (11b-12a).
12 (12b-13a).
13 (13b-14a; K.XXIV.10b, 10a).
14 (14bc; K.XXIV.11). ¹ K,d. śakāras caiva ceṭaś ca.
² Read saṃkīrṇā prakṛtir for saṃkīrṇa nāṭake.
15-16 (C.15-16; K.XXIV.12ab. 2). ¹ vibhāgam, K. (vidhānaṃ, C).
² madhyottamāyāṃ, C. (tatrottamāyāṃ, K.)
• 17 (C.17; K.XXIV.3).