Dear Harsha,

 

https://archive.org/details/Dasarupaka has English translation of Dhananjaya's Das'aroopaka which has an elaborate discussion on how stories are structured. It is called Pancha Sandhi structure. Each Sandhi is made up of a combination of an Arthaprakriti and a Kaaryaavastha.

 

Kaaryaavasthas: aarambha, yatna, praaptyaas'a, niyataapti and phalaagama/phalayoga.

 

Arthaprakritis: beeja, bindu, pataaka, prakaree and kaarya

 

Sandhis :mukha, pratimukha, garbha, avamars'a and upasamhriti/nirvahaNa

 

 

There are other ways of analysing plot too in other books of Indian poetics.

 

Best wishes to your student.

 

Regards,

 

Nagaraj

 

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Prof.Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad-500044