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As has been already said, the second and the fourth Patākasthānakas as illustrated by the SD. can hardly be distinguished from each other.13 Both the examples are marked by double entendre. Orthodox commentators14 would, however, defend the distinction saying that the fourth Patākāsthānaka presages 'pradhāņārtha-višeşa' while the second 'apradhāṇārtha.' But this defence collapses in the face of Viśvanātha's clear remark : 377 partai FraTRITIGT Iqarta atstufa cara anafaqat सत्यां द्वितीय पताकास्थानकम् । The distinction between the two species would stand only if the expressions ‘sātiśayam and ślistam are interpreted in accordance with the Abh. and the ND.
Later authorities excepting Dhanamjaya recognise after the NS. four varieties of Patākāsthānaka. The DR. defines Patākāsthānaka as an indication, by the mention of something extraneous, of a future event relating to the 'prastuta' (the subjectmatter, plot of the drama). It is characterised by equivocation of situation or by equivocation of phrase. The Avaloka names the species thus : the Patākāsthānaka by Anyokti (=Aprastutapraśamsā) and the Patākāsthānaka by Samāsokti. He illustrates the first species by quoting Ratnāvali III. 6 where the description of the behaviour of the sun towards the Kamalini is extraneous and suggests the behaviour of the hero towards the heroine.
As already observed, he gives 'Uddāmotakalikām etc., as an example of the second species. This treatment of the DR. deserves special attention. He unambiguously states that Patākāsthānaka foreshadows an event relating to the 'prastuta' whether immediate or distant. Bharata's fourth Patākāsthānaka is, undoubtedly, of the Tulyavišeşana (or Samāsokti) variety. Bharata's first three varieties would be convered by the Tulya-samvidhāna variety of the DR. The BP. and the R., expressly declare that the first three Patākāsthānakas are Tulya-samvidhānātmaka.15 No doubt the first variety is Tulyasaṁvidhāna but there is hardly any indication of a future event.
Dhanamjaya's distinction between Patākāsthānaka based on Tulyasamvidhāna and Tulya-višeşaņa is all right as far as it goes but in practice these are at times found in combination. For example, the stanza quoted by Dhanika as an example of Tulya-samvidhāna variety does contain paronomastic words.
13. The ND. for some inexplicable reason gives Bharata's 4th Patākāsthānaka as the third and Bharata's 3rd as the fourth ! 14. 7 917 "97: ajakaista” ratif fedt198147791aF-
3 Afaziafafa 1774, qalarर्थान्तराक्षेपी इत्यनेन प्रधानार्थविशेषसूचने चतुर्थ पताकास्थानकम् ; अप्रधानार्थसूचने तु द्वितीयमिति ग्रन्थकृतवाभिप्रायत्वात् ।
- Haridāsa. 15. 371fafenau geta h yaa !
age I H ope quanTaR || B.P. p. 203. and एतद्विधा तुल्यसंविधानं तुल्यविशेषणम् ।
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