History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t3.11

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¹⁵⁶⁵ अभूत्पुर्नथुरा काचिद्रामोक्तो भरतोवधीत् । कोटित्रयं तु शैलूषपुत्राणां निशितैः शरैः॥ शैलूषं हतगन्धर्वं सिन्धुतीरनिवासिनम् । अग्नि 11. 8-9 शैलूष also means an (*Continued from the last page*) actor Has this anything to do with a dispute between the followers of Bharata, the reputed author of the Nātyaśāstra, and other actors? The Nāṭyaśāstra chap. 17. 47 (G.O.S) prefers the dialect of Śūrasena for dramas. Vide my 'History of of Sanskrit Poetics' p 40 (1951).