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In this the plot is generally well-known, but sometimes it is also imaginary. No divine beings figure in this kind of drama. Pathos () is the chief sentiment here. Fighting and striking are conspicuously absent from fag. It is full of lamentations of women (fag:) and the speeches, therein, are full of despair. The characters therein often roll on the ground and cry. The modes सात्वती, आरभटी and far are not found in this kind.
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प्रहसन is of two kinds, शुद्ध ( pure ) and संकीर्ण ( of a mixed character).
In the first kind, ascetics, house - holders and brahmins indulge in speech exciting laughter. Even low characters are found in this kind of a. There is an atmosphere of merriment and joking in, but all the same the language is never foul or indecent in this kind of . The plot is consistent and continuous with a mixture of incidents full of various feelings ( विशेषभानोपपन्नचरितम् ).
The second kind of is full of the characters of prostitutes, menials, eunuchs, dissolute persons wanton women (a) and rogues. They act in an openly (a) indecent way, talk and dress in a quaint manner and thus create grotesque humour.
In there is only one character (and that too generally a male character) which narrates the incidents of its own life as well as the lives of others. एकहार्य : भाणः it is staged ( हार्य : ) only by one person.
The narration of the incidents of the lives of others is attended with the imitation of the speech and action of those persons (aaa). The device of आकाशभाषित is resorted to in order to give the भाण an
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