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Dasharupaka 1.17

Daśarūpaka 1.17

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Sanskrit

1.17

bījabindupatākākhyaprakarokāryalakṣaṇāḥ /
arthaprakṛtayaḥ pañca tā etāḥ parikīrtitāḥ //

‘[The elements] designated as the Germ (bīja), the Expansion (bindu), the so-called Episode (patākā), the Episodical Incident (prakarī), and the Dénouement (kārya)—these are declared to be the five Elements of the Plot (arthaprakṛti).’

George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

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