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342.1
C-Natya
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नाट्यवेदविवृत्ति
Nātyavedavivrtti ( Haquitai)
(Abhinavabhārati)
38. No. 342
1916-18. Size.— 84 in. by 134 in. Extent.--73 leaves ; 20 lines to a page; 20 letters to a line; 2
title pages in the beginning extra. Description. — Foolscap paper; Devanāgari chapters ; legible hand
writing ; contains the following chapters:--- Chaprer I Folios 1-56 PICTGIA:
II
3 57 no colophon
III Folio 73 Folio 31 to 40 are in the following order:- . 31, 34, 32, 33, 36, 37, 35; 39; 38; 40. All the folios are stitched together by a thread ; copy made on one side of the
folio only. Age.- A modern copy made between 1916-18. Author.- Abhinavagupta.
(His date: “end of the oth and the beginning of the rith century” (See S. K. De-Sanskrit Poetics Vol. I p. 119. - The champion of the 'rasa-dhvani' thory in Poetics according to which there could be no poetry without
'rasa'. Subject,- An "elaborate and stupendous” commentary on Bharata
Nāțyaśāstra, probably inspired by his teacher Bhatta Tota or Tonta who is cited frequently in the work. (See S. K. De — Sanskrit Poetics Vol. I, p. 118). - See also p. 10 of M. R. Kavi's Preface to his edition of the text and commentary (in the Baroda Ori. Series ) Vol. I. He remarks: “No complete copy of the commentary in a single volume has been hitherto discovered.” Commentary on chapters VII and VIII is not available.
