रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

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beyond all is Vatsa in Harsha's dramas." He is usually
courteous (dakshina), i. e., "one who can find room in his
heart for more lovers than one; he seeks another to the
deep grief of the old, but he does not cease to feel affection
for his earlier love; such are the heroes of the Nátiká or
short heroic comedy, like Vatsa." (Keith, Sanskrit Drama,
Pp. 305-307).
"The king's confidant and devoted friend is the Vidu-
shaka, a Brahmin, ludicrous alike in dress, speech and
behaviour. He is a misshapen dwarf, baldheaded with
projecting teeth and eyes which makes himself ridiculous by
his silly chatter in Prakrit, and his greed for food and presents
of every kind. It is a regular part of the play for other
characters to make fun of him, but he is always by the king's
side, and the latter makes him his confidant in all affairs of
the heart, while the Vidushaka repays him by willing, if
frequently incompetent or unlucky, attempts at service.'. (Ibid,
Pp. 310-311).
"Others intimately associated with the royal household
are servants (cheta), the mercenaries, Kirátas or Mlecchas, the
chaplain...The minister (mantrin, amátya) is of good family,
of high intelligence, skilled in affairs human and divine and
devoted to the interests of the country (Cf. Yaugandharáyana).
The general (senápati) is also of high birth, incapable of
weakness, skilled in both the theory and practice of war and
kind of speech; ready to note the weakness of the enemy