Note 152 — III DRAMATIC THEORY XIII THE THEORY OF THE DRAMATIC ART

A variant of the Nāṭikā is the Saṭṭaka,152 which differs from it merely by being all in Prākrit, in having no introductory scenes of any kind, and in having the acts called Javanikāntara. As the name denotes a form of dance, it is quite possible that it owes its origin as a species to the use of such dances in these plays. We have an example in Rājaçekhara’s Karpūramañjarī.