[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Dramaturgy and Theory of Theatre](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya) › [Rasarnavasudhakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara) › 1.259 # Rasarnavasudhakara 1.259 Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.259 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.259.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.259.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.259.p2) iti nāyikā-prakaraṇam || > Thus ends the section on the heroine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.259.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.259.p3) atha śṛṅgārasyoddīpana-vibhāvaḥ- > Now, the stimulating determinants of the erotic sentiment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.1.259) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.1.161) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.259) · Pramāṇa