Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2149
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2149
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1. Nāṭaka. (drama). The chief sentiment in a drama should be one of the three following rasas: (1) Vīrarasa (sentiment of heroism) (2) Śṛṅgārarasa (sentiment of love) (3) Karuṇarasa (pathos). There should be five to ten acts. The singer should be a famous one. It must have Pañcasandhis (five junctures). Śākuntala and Uttararāmacarita are perfect Nāṭakas.