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Classification of Poetry
H. observes (pp. 446, ibid) -
"nṛsimha-sukarā"dinām varṇanam jalpayed yataḥ, nartaki tena bhāṇaḥ syād uddhatánga-pravartitaḥ."
Thus the contents are the narration of nṛsimha and sūkara, the avatāras of Visņu, accomplished by a female dancer with forceful movements of the limbs. We know that H. calls all these "geyāni rūpakāņi cirantanair uktāni." He carefully distinguishes between "pathyasya geyasya rūpakasya" difference. We will discuss this in detail at the end of all uparūpakas or geya-rupakas in view of what H. observes in the Viveka (pp. 446, 447, etc. ibid).
Bhāņikā, read after A.bh. in H. is:
bāla-krīḍā-niyuddhā"di tathā sūkara-simhajā dhavala"dikṛtā krīḍā,
yatra sā bhāṇikā matā.
In the Abh. we have "dhvajā"dinā kṛtā kriḍā". We do not understand the reading in Abh., nor this one in H. As suggested earlier, perhaps the performance carried banners or flags. The rest is as observed earlier under Abh.
The ND. has the following: Bhāṇa is threefold -
"hari-hara-bhānu-bhavānī
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