Com. Ex.: Ratn. 2, p. 49.
Notes. ‖ Bh. 19. 79 b; SD. 361; Pratāpar. 3. 11. Cf. Lévi, p. 43.
63 (P. 35 a1; H. 32 b1).
- upanyāsas tu sopāyaṃ.
‘Intimation (upanyāsa) is [a remark] embodying a stratagem.’
Com. Ex.: Ratn. 2, p. 47.
Notes. upanyāsas tu sopāyaṃ H., V., P.; prasādanam upanyāso Hall p. 38 (=SD. 363, but in inverted order). The variant reading given by Hall may be due to some copyist familiar with SD. The SD. commentary quotes from some treatise a definition largely identical with that of Bh.
‖ Bh. 19. 80 b; SD. 363; Pratāpar. 3. 11. Cf. Lévi, p. 43.
64 (P. 35 a2; H. 32 b2).
- upanyāsas tu sopāyaṃ. vajram pratyakṣaniṣṭhuram.
‘Thunderbolt (vajra) is a cruel remark made to one’s face.’
Com. Ex.: Ratn. 2, pp. 53, 54.
Notes. ‖ Bh. 19. 80 a; SD. 362; Pratāpar. 3. 11. Cf. Lévi, p. 43.
65 (P. 35 b; H. 32 c).
- cāturvarṇyopagamanaṃ varṇasaṃhāra iṣyate.
‘Combination of the Castes (varṇasaṃhāra) is regarded as a coming together of the four castes.’
Com. Ex.: Mahāvīra. 3. 5, p. 93.—The most important divisions of the Progression are: Pursuit, Response, Thunderbolt, Intimation, and Gallantry. [The word praśama should evidently be corrected to pragama.—Cf. SD. 405, com.; Pratāpar. 3. 11, end.]
Notes. cāturvaṇyo° Hall p. 38, P.; cāturvarṇo° H., V.—According to the commentary on SD. 364, Abhinavagupta interpreted varṇa as ‘characters’ and saṃhāra as ‘drawing together.’ This close association of characters he illustrated by an incident in the second act of the Ratnāvalī (pp. 47, 49, 50).
‖ Bh. 19. 81 a; SD. 364; Pratāpar. 3. 11. Cf. Lévi, pp. 43, 44.
