नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XXXV. 89 ] DISTRIBUTION OF ROLES 549

Women disqualified for being Heroines

83-85. But women with the following characteristics should not be made Heroines (prakṛti, lit. character)¹ in a play : smiling on wrong occasions², having violent gaits and efforts, persistent anger, being always haughty and unreserved and unruly³ [in their manners], having all kinds of diseases and lacking garlands and scent [to adorn their body].

Members of the typical theatrical party.

85-88. I shall hereafter speak of different members of the theatrical party (bharata). [They are :] Bharatas (actors) because of their following Bharata (the author of the Canons of Drama)¹ the Jester (vidūṣaka)², the musician (tauripa), the actor-dancer (naṭa), the Director (sūtradhāra), playwright (nāṭyakāra), the maker of head-gears (mukuṭakāra)³, the maker of ornaments⁴ and garlands, the dyer (rajaka), the painter (citrakara) the craftsman (kāru)⁵, artistes (śilpin)⁶, and Kuśīlavas⁷ who are to be known, O Brahmins, by their names.

• 88-89. As he conducts¹ the [performance of a] drama by acting in many roles and by playing many musical instruments and by providing many household accessories (upakaraṇa) he is called Bharata or a member of the theatrical party.

Characteristics of the Jester

89-91. One who betakes himself to various places (lit. shelter) connected with the movement of all kinds of characters and creates [thereby]¹ pleasure for them and sometimes takes shelter

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83-85 (C.64b-66a; K.XXIV.117-118). ¹ Read 85a as एवं विधा न कर्तव्या प्रकटा प्रकृतिर्बुधैः. ² asthāna°; K. (āsthāna°, C.). ³ tathā cānibhṛtodbhaṭā K. (f. n.); tadā tu nibhṛtodbhaṭā, K. tathodvṛttodbhaṭā sadā, C.

85-88 (C.66b-69a; cf. XXXV.21-22). ¹ C. reads 85a as follows : शिल्पकारोपकारी च दूषकः सौतिको नटः. ² tauripo, K. (tauriko, K.). ³ Read mukuṭakārakaḥ for kuṭakārakaḥ, C. ⁴ Read tathābharaṇa for tathāharaṇa, C. ⁵ कारवः तन्त्ररजकादयः, शिल्पिनः सुवर्णकारादयः in Nayacandrikā on AS. note, p. 97. ⁶ See note 5 above. ⁷ kuntliavās ca, C.

88-89 (C.69bc; K.XXXV.23). ¹ Read uddhared for uddhāro, K. C.

'89-91 (C.70-71; K.XXXV.24-25). ¹ 89-91 seem to be corrupt. .