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# Dasharupaka 1.15

Daśarūpaka 1.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.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.’  
> — 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.1.23.1) — George C. O. Haas 1912, English

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