Natyashastra

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विदूषकस्यापि गतिर्हास्यत्रयसमन्विता । अङ्गवाक्यकृतं हास्यं हास्यं नेपथ्यजं स्मृतम् ॥ १३८॥

sanskrit

The gait of the Jester should involve the three types of laughter. Laughter arising from limbs, from speech, and from costume and make-up is to be remembered as the three sources of Comic Sentiment.

english translation

vidUSakasyApi gatirhAsyatrayasamanvitA । aGgavAkyakRtaM hAsyaM hAsyaM nepathyajaM smRtam ॥ 138॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/12/138

विदूषकस्यापि गतिर्हास्यत्रयसमन्विता । अङ्गवाक्यकृतं हास्यं हास्यं नेपथ्यजं स्मृतम् ॥ १३८॥

sanskrit

The gait of the Jester should involve the three types of laughter. Laughter arising from limbs, from speech, and from costume and make-up is to be remembered as the three sources of Comic Sentiment.

english translation

vidUSakasyApi gatirhAsyatrayasamanvitA । aGgavAkyakRtaM hAsyaM hAsyaM nepathyajaM smRtam ॥ 138॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript