[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2149 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2149) 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. - [Previous: c8.2148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2148) - [Next: c8.2150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2150) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2149) · Pramāṇa