The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c7.s2.16

c7.s2.16

¹ It is a confirmation of the incorrectness of Lüders's view that he is driven to render *vṛddhīr*, which he reads for *buddhīr*, as ‘Schicksale’. Now *vṛddhi* cannot possibly be used in this sense; it means ‘prosperity’, and, applied to Kaṃsa or Bali, it is ludicrous. What is meant is that, by forming parties, the Granthikas make real to the audience the feelings of the characters, a doctrine entirely in keeping with the duty of an actor according to N. Hillebrandt’s view of the Ҫaubhikas as explaining the subject of the play to the audience, like the Sthāpaka later (N. v. 154 ff.; DR. iii. 3; SD. 283), contradicts the word *pratyakṣam*.