21. 18 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

18 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

On भत्रार्या: (vol. I. p. 327-28) भभिनवगुप्त says that former teachers had composed and collected together āryas relating to rasas and matters connected with them from which Bharata took verses and inserted them at the proper places under different rasas 'ता एता ार्या एकप्रघट्टकतया पूर्वाचारयलक्षणत्वेन पठिताः। मुनिना सु सुखसंग्रहाय यथास्थानं निवेशिताः। (vol. I. p. 328). Though the prevailing metre in the Nātyaśāstra is Anustubh it frequently uses other metres also, as e. g. उपजाति (in chap. 20.26, 41,53 defining वृत्तिs), आर्या in 20. 64, 22.274-279, 23.42-62,25.95-103. Here G. O. S. ed. is used. Pages slightly vary in ed. of 1956. This shows that at least according to Abhinava the Națyasastra contains Aryas not composed by Bharata. The भावप्रकाशन quotes a verse from Vasuki, which is entered in the extant Natyasastra among five verses introduced with the words 'भवन्ति चात्र श्रोकाः ।' Or अत्र श्लोका: in the editions and in mss. (vide Ch. ed. chap. VI. 34-38, K. M. ed. chap. VI. 35-39, and G.O.S.ed. chap. VI. 38-42). नानाद्रव्यौषधैः पाकव्यंजजनं भाव्यते यथा। एवं भावा भावयन्ति रसानभिनयैःसह। इति वासुकिनाप्युक्ती भावेभ्यो रससम्भवः। (भा.प्र. pp.36-37). In the Ch. ed. (6.35) it reads 'नानाद्रव्यबद्ुविधव्यअ्नं ... यथा। एवं ... सइ I'; vide same verse in G. O. S. ed. vol. I. p. 294. As regards the rest of the portion of the extant Nātyasāstra it has been already shown that in some cases the number of verses varies by several hundreds in different mss. Therefore, it is very difficult to say what the original Nātyasāstra contained. If a very tentative theory may be advanced I would state it as follows: The present 6th and 7th chapters, chapters 8-14 dealing with abhinaya of various kinds, movements and gaits, chap. 17 to 35 were put together at one time. The prose portions in the 6th and 7th chapters and the Arya verses which Abhinava says were taken from older ācāryas were probably composed about 200 B. C. and were taken up into the work when the other chapters were composed. The reasons for this date are as follows: The Gautamadharmasūtra mentions (in XI. 19) Upavedas. Four Upavedas corresponding to the four Vedas are mentioned from very ancient times : viz. Ayurveda, Dhanurveda, Gandharvaveda and Arthaśāstra ( or Sthāpatya according to some).' In the Vanaparva(91. 14-15) it is said that Vide विष्णुपुराय III. 6. 28 for the four उपवेदs including. भर्थशाख and भागवत III. 12.38 for them, the 4th being भर्थशाख in