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# Dasharupaka 1.16

Daśarūpaka 1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.16)

kāryaṃ trivargastat śuddhamekānekānubandhi ca /  
svalpoddiṣṭastu taddheturbījaṃ vistāryanekadhā /  
avāntarārthavicchede binduracchedakāraṇam //

> ‘The Dénouement (kārya) \[of the action consists of one of\] the three objects of human existence (trivarga); it is either simple or connected with one or both \[of the other objects\].’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

> ‘The cause of this \[Dénouement\] is the Germ (bīja), \[at first\] manifested as very small, but expanding in manifold ways \[as the action proceeds\].’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

> ‘When the secondary matter \[of the drama\] is interrupted, the cause of its being resumed (acchedakāraṇa) is the Expansion (bindu).’  
> — 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.1.24.1) — George C. O. Haas 1912, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhāvaprakāśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.bhavaprakasana.p1522) — Śāradātanaya, Sanskrit

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