prastāvanā | प्रस्तावना | prastAvanA
pra-˚stāvanā | प्र-˚स्तावना | f. sounding forth, blazing abroad, Daś.
introduction, commencement, beginning, preface, exordium, MBh.; Mālav.; Mcar.
a dramatic prologue, an introductory dialogue spoken by the manager and one of the actors (of which several varieties are enumerated, viz. the Udghāṭyaka, Kaṭhodghāṭa, Prayogātiśaya, Pravartaka, and Avalagita), Kālid. Ratnāv.; Sāh.; Pratāp. &c.
introduction, commencement, beginning, preface, exordium, MBh.; Mālav.; Mcar.
a dramatic prologue, an introductory dialogue spoken by the manager and one of the actors (of which several varieties are enumerated, viz. the Udghāṭyaka, Kaṭhodghāṭa, Prayogātiśaya, Pravartaka, and Avalagita), Kālid. Ratnāv.; Sāh.; Pratāp. &c.