नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

534 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXXIV. 61-

and garlands and clothes [he is to use], and who have under them many persons and are clever, are said to be Āyuktikās or Yuktikās (overseer). These are in general the women of the [royal] harem.

Qualities of women to be employed by the king

61-64. The qualities of those women who are to be employed [by the king] should be as follows : they should not be rash, restless, covetous and very cruel in mind ; they are to be quiet, forgiving, satisfied ; they must have conquered anger and controlled senses, they should have no passion ; they are to be respectable, free from all female diseases, attached¹ and devoted² [to the king] and free from womanly pride³.

Others inmates of the harem

64-69. The hermaphrodites who constitute the third class of characters, should be employed in a royal household for moving about in the harem. But Snātakas¹, Kañcukins as well as Varṣadharas, Aupasthāyika-Nirmuṇḍas are to be placed in different parts (kakṣā) of the harem. Persons who are eunuchs or have given up sexual pleasures should always be made the inmates of the harem in a Nāṭaka. The Snātaka should be made to observe Aryan manners. In errands relating to the polity the Kañcukin should be employed, and in errands relating to love-affairs (kāmacāra) the Varṣadharas are to be engaged. The Aupasthāyika-Nirmuṇḍas are to be engaged in sending out women and in any place for the protection of maidens and girls².

70. And maids in constant attendance should be employed by kings in sending gifts¹ to women [they love] ; women well-versed in all kinds of dance and in the use of different limbs [in dance and acting] should be placed in the [royal] theatre².

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61-64 ((C.57b-60; K.XXIV 47-48). ¹ Here occurs an expression nānāpārśvasamutthitāḥ which cannot be explained.
² K. omits 64a and reads the rest with a slight variation.
³ vanitā-madavarjitā, K. (sarva-doṣa-vivarjitāḥ, C.).
64-69 (C 61-63a; K.XXIV.50-54). ¹ snātakāḥ K. (kārakāḥ, C.).
² C. omits 66-68 and K. 69b.
70 (C.64a; K.XXIV.55). ¹ Read dānakāryeṣu for māna° (texts).
² K. reads between 70a and 70b the following यन्तःपराधिकारी हि राज्ञामार्थासुवर्त्तणम्.