[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) › [Rasarnavasudhakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara) › 3.3 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.3 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.3) 2 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.3.p1) 4a ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.3) · Pramāṇa