Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c86.46

v2.c86.46

²⁷ Bharata xxii 197-206 : Dhanañjaya ii 21f : Viśvanātha iii 67-70 : Śiṅgabhūpāla i 121-51. Rarely a heroine, she must be represented as in love when she is a heroine : but she cannot be so when the hero is divine or royal. The exception occurs in a *prahasana* or farce (and incidentally in a *bhāṇa* or the erotic monologue) where she can be represented in her low and avaricious character for comic effect.