Laghustavacarcastavau 5_940

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iti . atha ca yathā mahākavinibaddhanāṭakādiśāstraracanātmikāyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ
prastāvanāyāṃ sandṛbdhābhineyavastusūcanālakṣaṇā stutirapi sahṛdayaiḥ
sadbhirevānanyamanaskatayā bodhyate . yatra
mukhyanāyakacaritamuddiśyaikadvyādibhūmikāgrahaṇalakṣaṇapadānukrameṇa
nāṭakīyāṅkasaṃkhyāparisamāptyupalakṣito'bhinetavyamantavyārtha##-
syādityartho'pi samāsoktyā gamyate .. 20 ..

Moreover, just as even the eulogy in the prologue of a poetic art consisting of drama and other sciences composed by a great poet, which is characterized by indicating the plot to be enacted, is understood solely by discerning connoisseurs with undivided attention; where, pointing to the conduct of the principal hero through the sequence of parts characterized by assuming the first, second, and subsequent roles, the meaning to be enacted and contemplated is indicated by the completion of the count of dramatic acts—this meaning too is grasped through condensed expression (samāsokti). || 20