रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

प्रथमोऽङ्कः 107 developed in course of the मुखसन्धि which with its twelve aspects उपक्षेप etc., connect the different incidents of the plot, viz., the Cupid-festival, enjoyment of the same by the King, invita- tion of the King by वासवदत्ता to मकरन्द garden to attend Cupid- worship, the accompaniment of सागरिका with वासवदत्ता there, Ságariká's first sight of the King and her excessive feeling of love towards the hero—and thus make an organic whole of the preliminary part of the plot. The मुखसन्धि works wholly throughout the 1st Act upon which the denouement of the drama in the subsequent Acts mainly depends. Throughout this Act the characters have been simply introduced with various incidents, but their individual peculiarities have not been given attention to. The heroine's falling in love with the King at the very first sight, that has been brought about by the ingenious arrangement of the incidents in the 1st Act, forms the solid foundation of the development of the main plot, viz., the marriage of उदयन and रत्नावली in the last Act. Therefore, बीज and प्रारम्भ—the two preliminary aspects of the plot together with the मुखसन्धि—form parts of what has transpired in the 1st Act.