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# Dasharupaka 1.2

Daśarūpaka 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.2)

daśarūpānukāreṇa mādyanti bhāvakaḥ /  
namaḥ sarvavide tasmai viṣṇave bharatāya ca //

> ‘Homage to that omniscient Viṣṇu whose senses revel in the semblance of his ten forms \[of incarnation\], and to Bharata, whose poetic sensibilities revel in the imitation of the ten forms \[of drama\] (daśarūpa).’  
> — 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.1.2.1) — George C. O. Haas 1912, English

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