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Mallika-Makaranda
the play addresses tha manager as 99 and the manager (ar) addresse the assistant (नट, पारिपार्वक or पारिपाश्विक),as मार्ष or मारिष :
मान्यो भावेति वक्तव्यः किञ्चिदूनस्तु मार्षकः । --ना.शा. १७.७४ भावोऽनुगेन सूत्री च मात्येतेन सोऽपि च । सूत्रधारः पारिपार्वकेन भाव इति वक्तव्यः । स च सूत्रिणा मार्ष इति ।
__ --दशरूपक २.६९ सूत्री भावोऽनुगेनासौ, तेन मार्षः समः सखा । सूत्री सूत्रधारोऽनुगेनानुचरेण का भावशब्देन संभाष्यः । असावित्यनुगः सूत्रधारात् किञ्चिद् न्यूनगुणस्तेन सूत्रधारेण मार्ष इत्यभिधातव्यः ।
--नाट्यदर्पण ४.५१ (१८९)
. सभ्यमिश्रान् - The learned, respectable members of the assembly; मिश्र is an bonorofic title and the word so formed with #% affixed at the end, is always used in the plural : पूज्ये मिश्रपदं नित्यं बहुवचनान्तम् ।' मार्ष(=मारिष) इति नटसंबोधनम् । मृष्यतीति मर्षणान्मार्षः (-मारिषः) irregularly formed from मृषू 1st or 4th conj to bear patiently. बहुभाषिता Talkaliveness, garrulousness. प्रबन्ध-बध्यते काव्यवस्तु अस्मिन् असौ बन्धः a composition, poetic work; प्रकृष्टः बन्धः प्रबन्धः an excellent composition.
V. S In the absence of bad intention even a crime is not blamable (or fit to be condemned). A precepter, even if he hurls abuses at and kicks his pupils, is still honoured (by all).
विद्यात्रयी The त्रयी stands for the three Vedas taken collectively (ऋग्यजुः सामानि f. त्रयी वै विद्या ऋचे यजूषि सामानि-शतपथब्राह्मण) The title पद-वाक्य-प्रमाण-ज्ञ of 'पदवाक्यप्रमाणज्ञो भवभूतिः') would indicate that त्रयी विद्या also stands for Grammar, Logic and Mimamsa व्याकरणम् , न्यायः, मीमांसा) Ramacandra and Gnşacandra, declare at the close of their Nāțyadarpaņa that they are versed in Grammar, Logic and Poetics (शब्दलक्ष्म-प्रमालक्ष्म-काव्यलक्ष्म-कृतश्रमः ।) In the Introduction to his Raghu-vilasa he speaks of himself as विद्यात्रयीचणम् It is, therefore, reasonable to draw the conclusion that by fagna Rāma. candra wants us to understand these sciences (Grammar, Logic and Poetics.) This conclusion is further strengthened by the following verse at the end of the a paying homage to Ācārya Hemacandra :
शब्द-प्रमाण-साहित्य-छन्दो-लक्ष्मविधायिनाम् ।
श्रीहेमचन्द्रपादानां, प्रसादाय नमो नमः ॥ ना. द. पृ १९२
No doubt, this verse speaks of an additional science Metrics. But it may be included in a broader category of poetics as it is closely connected
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