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Classification of Poetry
871 some of the uparūpakas here in the anustubhs read here, as read originally in the A.bh. also.
The NLRK. has the following - (pp. 298, ibid) :
"atha prasthānakam, ghata (?) ceryā'dināyikam, kaiśiki-vștti-bahulam, bahutāla-layā”śrayam, surāpāna-rājitam, vitopanāyakam, dāsā”dināyakañca. yathāśrngāra-tilakam."
The presentation seems to go after Sāradātanaya or the tradition represented by Sā. But here 'nāyikā', a woman of low status, (such as dāsī, cerī, etc.) is mentioned and the element of two acts and two-samdhis is not read. The illustration is the same as read in the BP.
Vāgbhata II. (pp. 18, ibid, Kā. śā. II) mentions 'prasthāna' as a geya variety along with dombikā, bhāna etc. This is read as -
"dombikā-bhāņa-prasthāna-bhāņikā-prerana-singaka-rāmākrīda-hallīsakaśrīgadita-rāsaka-gosthi-prabhrtīni geyāni.”
This is modelled on the Kā. Šā. of Hemacandra. Vāgbhasa II also defines prasthāna after H., who follows Abhinavagupta :
"gajā"dinām gatim tulyām krtvā pravasanam tathā,
alpa(ā)viddham su-masrņam
· tat-prasthānam pracakşate." The Sāhityadarpaņa (VI. 280, 281, S.D.) observes :
prasthane nāyako dāso hīnaḥ syād upanāyakaḥ, dāsī ca nāyikā, vịttiḥ kaiśikī bhārati tathā. - VI. 280 S.D. surāpāna-samāyogād uddistárthasya samhștiḥ, ankau dvau, laya-tālā"dir
vilāso bahulas tathā.” VI. 281. S.D. Thus Viśvanātha holds that 'prasthāna' has dāsa' for its hero. The person subordinate to the hero is still less blessed - "hin-upanāyaka". Maid-servant is the heroine here. This was noted in the NLRK. The diction is both kaisiki and bhārati.
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