The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c20.s6.46

c20.s6.46

The *Nāṭyaçāstra* provides for the use of Dākṣiṇātyā in the case of soldiers (*yodha*), police officers (*nāgaraka*), and gamblers (*divyant*), and there are slight traces in the *Mṛcchakaṭikā* of the existence of this dialect. Bālhīkā is assigned by the same authority to the Khasas and the northerners, but has not yet been traced in any drama.