Rasarnavasudhakara 1.259
Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.259
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1.259
atha nāyikā-sahāyāḥ-
āsāṃ dūtyaḥ sakhī ceṭī liṅginī prativeśinī | 160
dhātreyī śilpakārī ca kumārī kathinī tathā |
kārur vipraśnikā ceti netṛ-mitra-guṇānvitāḥ ||
Now, the female assistants of the heroine:
Their female messengers are: a female confidante, a maidservant, a female ascetic, a female neighbour, 160
a foster-sister, an artisan woman, a maiden, a female storyteller,
a female craftswoman, and a female astrologer; these are endowed with the qualities of the hero's companions.
1.259.p1
liṅginī paṇḍita-kauśikyādiḥ | prativeśinī samīpa-gṛha-vartinī | śilpa-kārī vīṇā-vādanādi-nipuṇā | kārū rajakyādiḥ | vipraśnikā daivajñā | śeṣāḥ prasiddhāḥ | itara-rasālambanānām anati-nirūpaṇīyatayā pṛthak-prakaraṇārambhasyānupayogāt tat-tad-rasa-prasaṅga eva nirūpaṇaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ ||
A female ascetic is like Paṇḍitakauśikī and others; a female neighbour is one who resides in an adjoining house; an artisan woman is skilled in playing the lute and so forth; a female craftswoman is a washerwoman and the like; a female astrologer is an expert in divination; the rest are well known. Because the substantial determinants of the other aesthetic sentiments do not require detailed determination, and beginning a separate section is of no use, we will treat them only on the occasion of each respective aesthetic sentiment.
1.259.p2
iti nāyikā-prakaraṇam ||
Thus ends the section on the heroine.
1.259.p3
atha śṛṅgārasyoddīpana-vibhāvaḥ-
Now, the stimulating determinants of the erotic sentiment:
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