रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

APPENDIX B 455 and to direct at the suitable moment a campaign against him." (Keith, Sanskrit Drama, P. 312). "The chamberlain ( kanchukin ) is an old Brahmin worn out in the service of the king, but still mentally alert and skilled in his business of conveying the royal orders in the palace. The enunchs (varshadhara) are effieminate and cowardly but not lacking in savoir faire ; they find employment in the king's amours." (Keith, Sanskrit Drama, P. 313.) "The queen (devi) is...a daughter of a king, but she is more proud than dignified, and intoxicated by her youth and beauty, her mind is set on the pleasures of love." The chief queen (Mahádevi) is "the equal in age and rank of her husband, whose lapses in affection wound her without robbing her of her sense of self-respect and dignity. In good fortune or evil she is devoted to him and seeks ever his welfare." "The doorkeeper (praithari) has the function of announcing to the king such political events as the declaration of war and the conclusion of peace." (Keith, Sanskrit Drama Pp. 312-313.) "A king is styled as...Deva or Svámin by his courtiers, while inferiors style him as Bhattá, master. A'rya, noble, is is appropriate to Brahmins, ministers...while a wife should address her husband as Aryaputra. Sages address an ascetic as Sádhu : ministers are styled Amátya or Sachiva ; the king calls his Vidushaka and is called by him, Vayasya, friend. ...The Vidushaka addresses the queen and her ladies as Bhavati ; otherwise the queen is styled Bhattini or Svámini,