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# Dasharupaka 1.20

Daśarūpaka 1.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.20)

upāyāpāyaśaṅkābhyāṃ prāptyāśā prāptisambhavaḥ /  
apāyābhāvataḥ prāptirniyatāptiḥ suniścitā /  
samagraphalasampattiḥ phalayogo yathoditaḥ //

> ‘Prospect of Success (prāptyāśā) is the possibility of succeeding, with means at hand, \[but also\] with fear of failure.’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

> ‘Certainty of Success (niyatāpti) is the assurance of succeeding because of the absence of risk.’  
> — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy

> ‘Attainment of the Result (phalayogo) is the accomplishment of the entire result, as previously mentioned.’  
> — 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.1.31.1) — George C. O. Haas 1912, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Alaṅkārasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.alankarasangraha.8.16) — Amṛtānandayogin, Sanskrit

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