The History of Indian Literature c9.60

c9.60

²⁰⁹ Even now I am acquainted with but little from these sources bearing on this point. Amongst other things, at the *piṭṛimedha* we find dancing, music, and song, which represent the three forms of *śilpa* or art (Śáṅkh. Br. 29. 5), prescribed for the whole day, Káty., 21. 3. 11. But a *Snátaka* might not participate in any such performance, either actively or passively, Pár. ii. 7. On the day preceding the departure of a bride, four or eight married women (unwidowed) performed a dance in her house, Śáṅkh. Gṛi. i. 11. [^asterisk]: * It is known in the Megha-dúta, v. 35, 36.