Rasarnavasudhakara 3.3

3.3

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yathā mukhādau padmāder ārope rūpaka-prathā |
tathaiva nāyakāropo naṭe rūpakam ucyate | 3
tac ca nāṭyaṃ daśa-vidhaṃ vākyārthābhinayātmakam ||

Just as the designation of metaphor occurs when a lotus or the like is superinduced on a face or the like, / in exactly the same way, the superimposition of the hero upon the actor is called dramatic representation. / And that dramatic performance is of ten kinds, consisting of the acting out of the meaning of sentences.

3.3.p1

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