प्रियदर्शिका नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - चतुरङ्क शास्त्रीय नाटिका सान्वय सटीक)

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P. 23. चक्राङ्गः—चक्र इत्याहो name यस्य; the bird usually called
चक्रवाक (which also means the same thing—चक्र इत्युच्यते), hence
it is also called रथाङ्गनामान्, रथाङ्गाह्वय, &c. It is the ruddy goose gene-
rally described in Sans poetry as condemned to pass the night in
separation from his mate. Hence separated lovers are compared
to a pair of Chak. birds at night. अन्धकाराः—used here as an
adj., अच् (अ) being added मत्वर्थे by Pâṇ. V. 2. 127; see com.
अन्धकार आसां विद्यते dark, void of interest. जाताः—cf. for a similar
thought differently. expressed.—राजा—रात्र्ये वैय्यर्थ्यमिव चक्षुषः संप्रति
(after the departure of Urvâsî); Vik. II. p 54; and ‘And
leaves the world to darkness and to me;’ Gray's Elegy, stanza I.
There is a succession of similes in this Śl. Mark how the king
falls a victim to the influence of love at the very first sight
of the heroine. Kâli does not make his heroes yield so easily
and helplessly to the power of love.
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ACT III.
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सांकृत्यायनी—appears from this play to be a lady of high rank
and learning as she speaks in Sans. and is treated with respect
even by the Queen. That she composed the Mimic play in a
good style is clear from the Queen's speech below, see p. 30. The
part played by her in this play is similar to that of the Pari-
vrâjikâ in the Mâl. She is mentioned as a friend of Vâsavadattâ
in the Kath. Sar; see Tar. XIV. 71 (ततः प्रव्राजितां तस्याः सखीं
पितृकुलागताम् । स सांकृत्यायनी नाम शरणं शिश्रिये नृप. ॥) नाटकोप०—नाटके
उपनिबद्धः made the subject matter of a play, dramatised, same as
भवभूति's ‘अभिनेयार्थ. कृतः । Uttar IV. p. 119. कौमुदीमहोत्सव—The
great autumnal festival celebrated on the full-moon day of
A'śvina, when the moonlight is very bright, the sky being clear
after the cessation of the rains and the disappearance of the
clouds. It corresponds to the Kojâgari festival and has been
often referred to by poets; see Mudra. III. p. 73; It precedes
the Vasantotsava or spring festival referred to in Rat. I. कौमुदी
moon-light is derived as कुमुदनामिव प्रकाशकत्वात्; fr. कुमुद मत्वर्थे अण्
(अ) with the fem. affix ई, it is also derived as कौ on earth मोदन्ते
जना यस्यां तेनासौ कौमुदी मता । Malli. on Ragh. III. 1 (where the
reading is कौमुदीमह also ). वर्तितव्यं—Here नृत् has the technical
sense of 'acting, representing on the stage, and does not mean