Dighanikaya 1.13_2

1.13_2

Pekkhanti naṭasamajjaṃ. Akkhānanti bhāratayujjhanādikaṃ. Yasmiṃ ṭhāne kathīyati, tattha gantumpi na vaṭṭati. Pāṇissaranti kaṃsatāḷaṃ, pāṇitāḷantipi vadanti. Vetāḷanti ghanatāḷaṃ, mantena matasarīruṭṭhāpanantipi eke. Kumbhathūṇanti caturassaambaṇakatāḷaṃ, kumbhasaddantipi eke. Sobhanakanti naṭānaṃ abbhokkiraṇaṃ, sobhanakaraṃ vā, paṭibhānacittanti vuttaṃ hoti. Caṇḍālanti ayoguḷakīḷā, caṇḍālānaṃ sāṇadhovanakīḷātipi vadanti. Vaṃsanti veḷuṃ ussāpetvā kīḷanaṃ.

'Shows' means theatrical assemblies. 'Recitations' means the Bharata war and so forth. It is not allowable even to go to the place where they are narrated. 'Hand-clapping' means bronze cymbals; they also say clapping of the hands. 'Vetāḷa' means time-keeping with gongs; some say raising dead bodies by mantra. 'Pot-drumming' means striking a square wooden bowl; some say the sound of pots. 'Sobhanaka' means the scattering of flowers by actors, or making a spectacle; it is said to be an illusion. 'Caṇḍāla' means an iron ball game; they also say the screen-washing game of the Caṇḍālas. 'Bamboo' means playing by erecting a bamboo pole.