Prabodhacandrodaya (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Prabodhacandrodaya》(英語表記)Prabodhacandrodaya
Prabodhacandrodaya (English spelling)

...Other types of rūpas include the prahasana (comedy), a one-act comic farce, and the bhāṇa, a one-act popular 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, Kṛṣṇiśra (11th century) produced a six-act allegorical play, Prabodhacandrodaya (The Rising of the Moon of Enlightenment), which promoted the doctrine of Vaishnavaism, bringing a new style of drama into vogue.
[actor]
In ancient Indian drama, female actors were extremely rare, and a troupe consisted of male and female actors. The head of the troupe (sūtradhāra) guided the actors and also appeared in the prologue to introduce the author and the contents of the play.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Prabodhacandrodaya" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…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。
[俳優]
 古代のインド劇では,女形はきわめてまれで,一座は男優と女優から成り,一座を率いる座頭(スートラダーラsūtradhāra)は座員を指導するとともに,自らプロローグに登場して劇の作者および内容を紹介した。…

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