Natyashastra

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यदुक्तं चत्वारोऽभिनय इति तान् वर्णयिष्यामः । अत्राह -- अभिनय इति कस्मात् । अत्रोच्यते -- अभीत्युपसर्गः णीञ् इति प्रापणार्थको धातुः । अस्याभिनीत्येवं व्यवस्थितस्य एरजित्यच्प्रत्यत्ययान्तस्याभिनय इत्येवं रूपं सिद्धम् । एतच्च धात्वर्थानुवचनेनावधार्यं भवति । अत्र श्लोकौ -- अभिपूर्वस्तु णीञ् धातुराभिमुख्यार्थनिर्णये । यस्मात्पदार्थान्नयति तस्मादभिनयः स्मृतः ॥ ६॥

sanskrit

We shall speak of [the fact that] the abhinaya (Histrionic Representation) is of four kinds. The question is, “Why is it called the abhinaya?” It is said in reply to this that the abhinaya is derived from the prefix abhi, and the verbal root nī meaning ‘to cause to get’ (to attain), and the sufix ac attached to these two. Hence a [full] answer to this should be made after a consideration of the root and its meaning. There is a Śloka on this point . As the root nī preceded by abhi means ‘carrying the performances (prayoga) of a play [to the point of direct] ascertainment of its meaning,’ so [the word made out of them] becomes abhinaya (carrying towards).

english translation

yaduktaM catvAro'bhinaya iti tAn varNayiSyAmaH | atrAha -- abhinaya iti kasmAt | atrocyate -- abhItyupasargaH NIJ iti prApaNArthako dhAtuH | asyAbhinItyevaM vyavasthitasya erajityacpratyatyayAntasyAbhinaya ityevaM rUpaM siddham | etacca dhAtvarthAnuvacanenAvadhAryaM bhavati | atra zlokau -- abhipUrvastu NIJ dhAturAbhimukhyArthanirNaye | yasmAtpadArthAnnayati tasmAdabhinayaH smRtaH || 6||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/natyashastra/8/6

यदुक्तं चत्वारोऽभिनय इति तान् वर्णयिष्यामः । अत्राह -- अभिनय इति कस्मात् । अत्रोच्यते -- अभीत्युपसर्गः णीञ् इति प्रापणार्थको धातुः । अस्याभिनीत्येवं व्यवस्थितस्य एरजित्यच्प्रत्यत्ययान्तस्याभिनय इत्येवं रूपं सिद्धम् । एतच्च धात्वर्थानुवचनेनावधार्यं भवति । अत्र श्लोकौ -- अभिपूर्वस्तु णीञ् धातुराभिमुख्यार्थनिर्णये । यस्मात्पदार्थान्नयति तस्मादभिनयः स्मृतः ॥ ६॥

sanskrit

We shall speak of [the fact that] the abhinaya (Histrionic Representation) is of four kinds. The question is, “Why is it called the abhinaya?” It is said in reply to this that the abhinaya is derived from the prefix abhi, and the verbal root nī meaning ‘to cause to get’ (to attain), and the sufix ac attached to these two. Hence a [full] answer to this should be made after a consideration of the root and its meaning. There is a Śloka on this point . As the root nī preceded by abhi means ‘carrying the performances (prayoga) of a play [to the point of direct] ascertainment of its meaning,’ so [the word made out of them] becomes abhinaya (carrying towards).

english translation

yaduktaM catvAro'bhinaya iti tAn varNayiSyAmaH | atrAha -- abhinaya iti kasmAt | atrocyate -- abhItyupasargaH NIJ iti prApaNArthako dhAtuH | asyAbhinItyevaM vyavasthitasya erajityacpratyatyayAntasyAbhinaya ityevaM rUpaM siddham | etacca dhAtvarthAnuvacanenAvadhAryaM bhavati | atra zlokau -- abhipUrvastu NIJ dhAturAbhimukhyArthanirNaye | yasmAtpadArthAnnayati tasmAdabhinayaH smRtaH || 6||

hk transliteration