Kohaliya 3: Matam
Kohalīya 3
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- Sanskrit
Matam
3.1
śeṣam uttaratantreṇa kohalas tu kariṣyati | prayogaḥ kārikāś caiva niruktāni tathaiva ca
The rest Kohala will treat in a supplementary treatise (uttaratantra): practice, the kārikās and the etymologies.
3.2
anena tu ślokena kohalamatenaikādaśāṅgatvam ucyate | na tu bharate
By this verse the eleven members [of drama] are stated according to Kohala's view, not in Bharata.
3.3
phale pradhānā vicchinne bījasyāvāntaraiḥ phalaiḥ | tasyāvicchedako hetuḥ bindur ity āha kohalaḥ
When the principal [action] is interrupted by intermediate results of the seed, the cause that keeps it uninterrupted is the bindu — so says Kohala.
3.4
tasmāt patākā syān neti vikalpaṃ prāha kohalaḥ
Therefore Kohala states the option that the episode (patākā) may or may not be present.
3.5
kohalādibhir ācāryair uktaṃ bhāṇasya lakṣaṇam | lāsyāṅgadaśakopetaṃ samyagutpādyavastu ca
The definition of the bhāṇa given by Kohala and the other masters: furnished with the ten elements of lāsya, with a well-invented plot …
3.6
bhaveyur vā na vety asyāṃ lāsyāṅgāny āha kohalaḥ
Kohala says that in it (the vīthī) the elements of lāsya may or may not be present.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Nāṭyaśāstra — Bharata, Sanskrit
- Bhāvaprakāśana — Śāradātanaya, Sanskrit