नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XXXV. 97 ] DISTRIBUTION OF ROLES 551

Characteristics of the Actor.

97-98. Any one who can act (lit. perform) a play according to the rules for the application of the four kinds of music, is called an Actor (naṭa).

Characteristics of the Actress

98-99. A woman who knows about the playing of drums the tempo, the Time and is able to create the Sentiments and is beautiful in all her limbs, should be made an Actress (nāṭakīyā)¹.

The maker of headgears

99-100. He who makes masks and various special dresses together with head-gears (śīrṣaka = pratīśiraka) suited to (lit. arising from) the various characters, is called the maker of headgears (mukuṭakāra).

The maker of ornaments

100-101. One who makes ornaments according to various rules is called the maker of ornaments (ābharaṇakṛt) ; [each of the makers the different ornaments] is to be designated according to the name of the material he uses¹.

The maker of garlands

101-102. He who makes five kinds of garland is called the maker of garlands (mālyakṛt).

The costumer

And he who designs costumes is called the costumer (veṣakara).

The painter and the dyer

One who knows painting, is a painter (citrakara), and from his knowledge of dying (rañjana) a person is called a dyer (rajaka)¹.

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97-98.(C.78; K.XXXV.32). ¹ K. reads 98a as प्रकृतिं पृथग्भावं गताद् वै नाटकी भवति.
98-99 (C.79).
¹ K. omits this. The word nāḍaïā (=nāṭakīyā) occurs in Pratimā. I.4.7.
99-100 (C.80; K.XXXV.33).
100-101 (C.80; K.XXXV 34). ¹ The significance of this statement is not apparent.
101-102 (C.82-83a; K.XXXV.35-36a). ¹ This word often used in New Indo-Aryan in the sense of 'washerman'.