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Sporadic Notes on Some Terms from the Nșttaratnävali
H. C. Bhayani
Numerous technical terms connected with drama, dance and music are quite obviously not Sanskritic. The source of their form and meaning was Prakrit, Apabharamsa or regional languages. But little has been written so far on the linguistic aspect of those terms.
Below a few such terms are discussed from the Nșttaratnävali (NR.)
अङ्गमोटन In the description of Argika Abhinaya, occurs the term 34612H (NR. P. 45, v. 177 ; p. 66, v. 341) 'turning the body aside and or stretching limbs' (in yawninig, laziness etc.) Pk. HES, HISAI etc. (CDIAL. 10186 under moțati). 74Hfs occurs in Apabhraṁsa. Compare Marathi 31741751 'yawning and stretching the limbs'. See R. Shriyam "A Critical Study of Mahāpurāņa of Puşpadanta', 1962. p. 73. no. 104)
कांस्यताल Among the musical instruments कांस्यताल or कांस्य is mentioned several times. (See NR. Index of Important Words). În verse 28 on p. 206 in the PTE-Ripifc- 4G-029501: the actual MS. reading is piliin on which Raghavan has remarked in the footnote: iflic is obscure.... the correct reading is likely to be opific restored above.
But AiRa can be explained as Sanskritization of Pk. of 2587 cymbal, (made of bell-inetal)'.
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