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Classification of Poetry
murajānaka-bhūṣitam. tantrīsvaragaṇair viddhān ātodyān anvavādayan. tatas tu devagandhāram chalikyam śravanámṛtam. bhaumas striyaḥ prajagire
nāndīm ca vādayāmāsa... nandyante ca tadā ślokam gangávataraṇā"śritam rambhabhisāram kanyeram
nāṭakam nanṛtus tadā."
So, this long quotation from Dr. Raghavan is just to explain 'chalika', a part of nartanaka. He has elaborately thought over 'chälikya' also which is closely related with 'chalika'.
One point is clear that whether 'chalika' as mentioned by Bhoja is a part of Nartanaka or otherwise, its independent existence is read in earlier documents of Bhamaha and Dandin and thus it is an art-form of earlier tradition.
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Śamyā - Bhoja mentions this in alamkāra section as 'sampa'. Daṇḍin and the ND. also have samyā.
Dandin (I. 39.a) has -
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"lāsya-cchalita-sampádi (śamyā”di) prekṣártham."
The Prabhā tikā (pp. 38) explains it as : Śampā pūrvarangántargato vadyaprayoga-viśesam. tad uktam nātya-śāstre -
"śampā tu dvikalā kāryā
tālo dvikala eva ca,
punaś caika kalā śampā
sannipātaḥ kalā trayam." (V. 62)
śalyeti pāṭhe śālyā -
bhāle hastam samāvesya
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