List of Chapters
- Origin of drama
- Description of the playhouse
- Puja (offering) to the Gods of the stage
- Description of the karana dance
- Preliminaries of a play
- Sentiments (rasas)
- Emotional and other states
- Gestures of minor limbs
- Gestures of hands
- Gestures of other limbs
- Cari movements
- Different gaits
- Zones and local usages
- Rules of prosody
- Metrical patterns
- Diction of a play
- Rules on the use of languages
- Modes of address and intonation
- Ten kinds of play
- Limbs of the segments
- Styles
- Costumes and make-up
- Harmonious performance
- Dealings with courtesans
- Varied performances
- Success in dramatic performances
- Instrumental music
- Stringed instruments
- Time measure
- Dhruva songs
- Covered instruments
- Types of character
- Distribution of roles
- Descent of drama on the Earth
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