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# Dasharupaka 1.11

Daśarūpaka 1.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.11)

vastu netā rasasteṣāṃ bhedako vastu ca dvidhā /  
tatrādhikārikaṃ mukhyamaṅgaṃ prāsaṅgikaṃ viduḥ //

> ‘Dramas are classified according to Subject-matter, Hero, and Sentiment.’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

> ‘The Subject-matter (vastu) is twofold.’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

> ‘The main \[theme\] is known as the Principal Subject (ādhikārika), the subordinate as the Incidental Subject (prāsaṅgika).’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

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## Translations (1)

- [The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka~en-haas.1.16.1) — George C. O. Haas 1912, English

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