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considerable freedom to the dramatist in the use of the Sandhyangas. The following facts have to be kept in mind to avoid confusion :- 1. The Sandhyangas are mentioned in a certain order. The order of Bharata is different from that of Dhanañjaya. But no order is meant to be kept in their presentation. Any one of the Sandhyangas can come any- where in the Sandhi, according to the need of the Dramatist. 2. It is not necessary that every one of them should come in a Sandhi. Any one of them can be left out, accord- ing to the need. 3. In one Sandhi, any one of its Sandhyangas can be brought in more than once, if the necessity for doing so be felt. This is what, we find, has actually been done by so many dramatists, from whose works illustrations have been chosen. We find that while illustrating a particular Sandhyanga from the same work, two authorities, Abhinava in his Abinava Bharatī and Dhanika in his commentary on the Daśa Rūpaka, give different illustrations. This can be explain- ed only on the aforesaid assumption, e.g. Drava. But there should not be too much of a repetition: one can be repeated at the most thrice. 4. Sandhyangas of one Sandhi can be introduced in another. 5. Two Sandhyangas can be compressed into one, when there is the purposive unity between the two.1 The separate treatment of each Sandhyanga requires more space than can be given in this volume. We, there- fore leave it only to take it up well in some future work.

1. A. Bh. (MSS). Ch. 19. V. 71.