Dasharupaka 1.15

1.15

prakhyātotpādyamiśratvabhedāt tredhāpi tat tridhā /
prakhyātamitihāsāderutpādyaṃ kavikalpitam /
miśraṃ ca saṅkarāt tābhyāṃ divyanartyādibhedataḥ //

‘This [subject-matter] is also threefold, owing to a threefold classification into legendary, invented, and mixed subjects. The legendary [variety of subject-matter is derived] from legends of the past and the like; the invented is devised by the poet; the mixed [arises] from a combination of these two in accordance with a classification into gods, mortals, and the like.’