Natyashastra

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(प्रेक्षागृहाणां सर्वेषां प्रशस्तं मध्यमं स्मृतम् । तत्र पाठ्यं च गेयं च सुखश्राव्यतरं भवेत् ॥ प्रेक्षागृहाणां सर्वेषां त्रिप्रकारो विधिः स्मृतः । विकृष्टश्चतुरस्रश्च त्र्यस्रश्चैव प्रयोक्तृभिः ॥ कनीयस्तु स्मृतं त्र्यस्रं चतुरस्रं तु मध्यमम् । ज्येष्ठं विकृष्टं विज्ञेयं नाट्यवेदप्रयोक्तृभिः ॥) प्रमाणं यच्च निर्दिष्टं लक्षणं विश्वकर्मणा । प्रेक्षागृहाणां सर्वेषां तच्चैव हि निबोधत ॥ १२॥

sanskrit

In all theatres, the middle type is considered the best. There, the recitation and singing should be pleasant and easily audible. In all theatres, three types of constructions are prescribed: the raised (vikṛṣṭa), the quadrilateral (caturasra), and the triangular (tryasra), as mentioned by the practitioners. For the inferior type, the triangular construction is prescribed, the quadrilateral type is prescribed for the middle, and the raised type is considered the superior, according to the practitioners of the art of theatre. The measurement and characteristics for all types of theatres, as prescribed by Viśvakarman, should be carefully understood.

english translation

(prekSAgRhANAM sarveSAM prazastaM madhyamaM smRtam | tatra pAThyaM ca geyaM ca sukhazrAvyataraM bhavet || prekSAgRhANAM sarveSAM triprakAro vidhiH smRtaH | vikRSTazcaturasrazca tryasrazcaiva prayoktRbhiH || kanIyastu smRtaM tryasraM caturasraM tu madhyamam | jyeSThaM vikRSTaM vijJeyaM nATyavedaprayoktRbhiH ||) pramANaM yacca nirdiSTaM lakSaNaM vizvakarmaNA | prekSAgRhANAM sarveSAM taccaiva hi nibodhata || 12||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/natyashastra/2/12

(प्रेक्षागृहाणां सर्वेषां प्रशस्तं मध्यमं स्मृतम् । तत्र पाठ्यं च गेयं च सुखश्राव्यतरं भवेत् ॥ प्रेक्षागृहाणां सर्वेषां त्रिप्रकारो विधिः स्मृतः । विकृष्टश्चतुरस्रश्च त्र्यस्रश्चैव प्रयोक्तृभिः ॥ कनीयस्तु स्मृतं त्र्यस्रं चतुरस्रं तु मध्यमम् । ज्येष्ठं विकृष्टं विज्ञेयं नाट्यवेदप्रयोक्तृभिः ॥) प्रमाणं यच्च निर्दिष्टं लक्षणं विश्वकर्मणा । प्रेक्षागृहाणां सर्वेषां तच्चैव हि निबोधत ॥ १२॥

sanskrit

In all theatres, the middle type is considered the best. There, the recitation and singing should be pleasant and easily audible. In all theatres, three types of constructions are prescribed: the raised (vikṛṣṭa), the quadrilateral (caturasra), and the triangular (tryasra), as mentioned by the practitioners. For the inferior type, the triangular construction is prescribed, the quadrilateral type is prescribed for the middle, and the raised type is considered the superior, according to the practitioners of the art of theatre. The measurement and characteristics for all types of theatres, as prescribed by Viśvakarman, should be carefully understood.

english translation

(prekSAgRhANAM sarveSAM prazastaM madhyamaM smRtam | tatra pAThyaM ca geyaM ca sukhazrAvyataraM bhavet || prekSAgRhANAM sarveSAM triprakAro vidhiH smRtaH | vikRSTazcaturasrazca tryasrazcaiva prayoktRbhiH || kanIyastu smRtaM tryasraM caturasraM tu madhyamam | jyeSThaM vikRSTaM vijJeyaM nATyavedaprayoktRbhiH ||) pramANaM yacca nirdiSTaM lakSaNaM vizvakarmaNA | prekSAgRhANAM sarveSAM taccaiva hi nibodhata || 12||

hk transliteration