Prahasana

Japanese: prahasana
Prahasana

...The subject matter of the Prakarana is at the discretion of the author, and it usually deals with love, but may also have a war theme. The number of acts is the same as that of the Nataka. In addition, one of the ten Rupakas is the Prahasana (comedy), a one-act comic farce, and the Bhāṇa, a one-act monologue performed by a single actor. One of the fragments of a play by Ashvaghosha discovered in Central Asia is called an allegorical play (or metaphorical play) in which religious abstractions are personified. Later, Kṛṣṇamiśra (11th century) produced a six-act allegorical play, Prabodhacandrodaya (The Rising of the Moon of Enlightenment), which promoted the doctrine of Vaishnavism, bringing a new style of fashion to the theatre. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "prahasana" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…プラカラナの題材は作者の自由で,おもに恋愛を取り扱うが戦争を主題とすることもあり,幕の数はナータカと同じである。このほか10種のルーパカの1種にプラハサナprahasana(笑劇)という1幕のこっけいな茶番劇があり,同じような1幕の通俗劇でただ1人の俳優が演ずる独白劇バーナbhāṇaもある。中央アジアで発見されたアシュバゴーシャの戯曲断片の一つに,宗教的な抽象概念を擬人化して演技させる寓意劇(または譬喩劇)とよばれるものがあるが,後にクリシュナミシュラKṛṣṇamiśra(11世紀)は,ビシュヌ派の教義を宣揚した6幕の寓意劇《プラボーダチャンドローダヤPrabodhacandrodaya(悟りの月の出)》を出して劇壇に新しい形式の流行をもたらした。…

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