Note 151 — III DRAMATIC THEORY XIII THE THEORY OF THE DRAMATIC ART

The little bourgeois comedy, the Prakaraṇikā,151 is precisely of the same character as the Nāṭikā, save that its hero and heroine are of the merchant class. It is clear that it is due merely to a false desire for symmetry, as it is merely a Prakaraṇa when judged by the three determinants of plot, character, and sentiment, and Dhanika rightly rejects it as a species, though Viçvanātha admits it.