नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)
Natyashastra of Bharata Muni with Hindi Commentary (Vol 1)
भरत मुनि / आचार्य अभिनवगुप्त द्वारा
पृष्ठ 89, कुल 654 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ें4 THE NATYASASTRA [ I. 15-
contain good counsel and collection [of other materials for human well-being], will give guidance to people of the future as well in all their actions, will be enriched by the teaching of all scriptures (śāstra) and will give a review of all arts and crafts⁴ (śilpa)”.
- With this resolve the Holy One (bhagavat) from his memory of all the Vedas shaped this Nātyaveda compiled from the four of them.
17-18. The recitative (pāṭhya) he took from the Ṛgveda, the song from the Sāman, Histrionic Representation (abhinaya) from the Yajus, and Sentiments (rasa) from the Atharvaveda, [and] thus was created the Nātyaveda connected with the Vedas principal and subsidiary (vedopaveda)¹, by the holy Brahman who knows [them] all.
19-20. After the creation of the Nātyaveda Brahman said to Indra (lit. the lord of the gods), “Semi-historical Tales (itihāsa)¹ have been composed by me, you are to get them [dramatized and] acted² by gods. Pass on this Nātyaveda to those of the gods who are skilful, learned, free from stage-fright and inured to hard work.”
⁴ The word śilpa is very often synonymous with kalā. As the 64 kalās enumerated in different works include different arts and crafts, these two words may be translated as ‘arts and crafts’. Śilpa, however, is sometimes to be distinguished from kalā; and then it may mean merely ‘a craft’.
16 (B.G. same).
17-18 (B.G. same). ¹ Vedopaveda—the Vedas and the Upavedas i.e. the Vedas principal as well as subsidiary. The Vedas are all well-known, and there are at least four Upavedas, one being attached to each of the Vedas. They are as follows: the Āyur-veda (the Science of Medicine) to the Ṛgveda, Dhanur-veda (the Science of Arms)—to the Yajurveda, Gandharva-veda (Musical Science) to the Sāmaveda, and Sthāpatya-śāstra (the Science of Architecture) to the Atharvaveda.
19-20 (B.G. same). ¹ Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra in its definition of itihāsa enumerates purāṇa and itivṛtta as belonging to its contents. An itivṛtta, according to Winternitz, can only mean an “historical event” and purāṇa probably means “mythological and legendary lore.” Vol. I. p. 518. Pargiter has, however, extracted solid historical facts from some of the