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BOOK ONE
[1. 66–

The Development and its Subdivisions

66 (P. 36; H. 33).

garbhas tu dṛṣṭanaṣṭasya bījasyānveṣaṇam muhuḥ
dvādaśāṅgaḥ patākā syān na vā syāt prāptisambhavaḥ.

‘The Development (garbha) is a searching after the Germ (bīja), which is seen and lost by turns. It has twelve subdivisions. [In it] there should be an Episode (patākā), or [else] there should not be Prospect of Success (prāptisambhava=prāptyāśā).’

Com. Ex.: Ratn. 3, p. 73.

Notes. On the Episode see 1. 21; on the Prospect of Success, 1. 31. Bh. and SD. add a thirteenth subdivision; see DR. 1. 80, notes.

‖ Bh. 19. 39 b, 40 a; SD. 335 ; Pratāpar. 3. 12. Cf. Lévi, pp. 44, 57.

67 (P. 37, 38 a; H. 34, 35 a).

abhūtāharaṇam mārgo rūpodāharaṇe kramaḥ
saṃgrahaś cānumānaṃ ca toṭakādhibale tathā
udvegasambhramākṣepā lakṣaṇaṃ ca praṇīyate.

‘[The twelve subdivisions of the Development are]: Mis-statement (abhūtāharaṇa), Indication (mārga), Supposition (rūpa), Exaggeration (udāharaṇa), Progress (krama), Propitiation (saṃgraha), Deduction (ānumāna), Quarrel (toṭaka), Outwitting (adhibala), Dismay (udvega), Consternation (sambhrama), and Revelation (ākṣepa). Their definitions are given [in the following sections].’

Notes. Bh. and SD. add a thirteenth subdivision called prārthanā; see DR. 1. 80, notes.

‖ Bh. 19. 62 b–64 a; SD. 365 a–c; Pratāpar. 3. 13.

68 (P. 38 b1; H. 35 b1).

abhūtāharaṇaṃ chadma.

‘Mis-statement (abhūtāharaṇa) is deception.’

Com. Ex.: Ratn. 3, p. 56.

Notes. ‖ Bh. 19. 82 a; SD. 365 d; Pratāpar. 3. 13. Cf. Lévi, p. 44.