PREMABASE
Nāṭaka-candrikā
a compendium of Vaiṣṇava dramaturgy · Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Vibhāga 1
nāṭaka-svarūpam
The nature and definition of the nāṭaka (vv 1–6)
6 verses · 6 translated
Vibhāga 2
nāyakaḥ
The hero — Kṛṣṇa as the pre-eminent nāyaka (vv 7–11)
5 verses · 5 translated
Vibhāga 3
rasa-itivṛtte
The sentiment and the plot (itivṛtta) (vv 12–14)
3 verses · 3 translated
Vibhāga 4
prastāvanā
The prologue and its induction-types (āmukha) (vv 15–29)
29 verses · 29 translated
Vibhāga 5
artha-prakṛtayaḥ sandhi-mukhaṁ ca
The elements of the action (bīja, bindu, patākā, prakarī, kārya) and the opening of the junctures (vv 30–46)
20 verses · 20 translated
Vibhāga 6
pañca-sandhayaḥ
The five junctures (sandhi) and their component limbs (sandhy-aṅga) — the structural core (vv 47–125)
127 verses · 127 translated
Vibhāga 7
sandhy-antarāṇi
The inter-junctures and the sāma-dāna-bheda-daṇḍa expedients (vv 126–140)
20 verses · 20 translated
Vibhāga 8
bhūṣaṇāni
The thirty-six ornaments (bhūṣaṇa) and the patākā-sthānas of the play (vv 141–265)
194 verses · 194 translated
Vibhāga 9
vṛttayaḥ
The four styles (vṛtti) and their allotment among the rasas (vv 266–269)
5 verses · 5 translated