[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Dramaturgy and Theory of Theatre](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya) › [Dasharupaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka) › 1.4 # Dasharupaka 1.4 Daśarūpaka 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.4) uddhṛtyoddhṛtya sāraṃ yamakhilanigamān nāṭyavedaṃ viriñciś cakre yasya prayogaṃ munirapi bharatastāṇḍavaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaḥ / śarvāṇī lāsyamasya pratipadamaparaṃ lakṣma kaḥ kartumīṣṭe nāṭyānāṃ kintu kiñcit praguṇaracanayā lakṣaṇaṃ saṅkṣipāmi // > ‘Who, pray, is able to make a new detailed nomenclature (pratipadaṃ lakṣma) of dramatic science, which Viriñci \[i. e. Brahma\] created after repeatedly extracting the essence from the entire sacred writ—\[that dramatic science\] of which Bharata, though a seer, gave an exhibition, Nīlakaṇṭha \[i. e. Śiva\] performing the wild dance (tāṇḍava) and Śarvāṇī \[i. e. Pārvatī\] performing the gentle dance (lāsya)? Yet I shall give concisely, in orderly arrangement, some sort of description of dramatic representations.’ > — George C. O. Haas 1912, The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Daśarūpa: A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka~en-haas.1.4.1) — George C. O. Haas 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.dasarupaka.1.4) · Pramāṇa