the following one, (ii) प्रवेशक when put up in between the two acts, suggests some past or future incident to connect the main topic of the play, through the lower characters alone. (iii)चूलिका the suggestion of some event from behind the curtain. (iv) अङ्कावतार hints the subject-matter of the following act, and forms the final scene of the previous act. (v) अङ्कमुख which suggests the substance of all the rest of the acts in one.
The subject-matter of the play presents itself in three ways : प्रकाशम्, that which is to be heard by all, स्वगतम्, that which is spoken to one's self and स्वागतम् that which is to be listened to, by particular persons only. The last is of two kinds, viz. जनान्तिक which is a talk between two persons only, and अपवारित which consists in giving out some secret in a way concealed from others. To add to these, there is one, known as आकाशभाषित or speech from the void or a place above or unknown.
“The Hero and the Heroine"
The qualifications of a hero are modesty, decorum and courtesy, munificence and civility, aristocracy and high birth, zeal and brilliance, bravery and learning, steadfastness of mind, skill and art, with speech, both eloquent and sweet.
A dramatic hero can be one of these four types:--He may be a धीरोदात, or a hero having sublimity of thought, magnanimity of nature, patience of mind, firmness of resolution, want of self-assertion, self-restraint and strict adherence to his engagements; धीरोद्धत्त is that type of a hero who is crafty and capricious, egoist and self-panegyric; धीरललित who is careless and meek, pleasure-seeking and happy ; धीरप्रशान्त who is lively and peaceful and endowed with practically all the best qualities as such.
Among erotic heroes, each of these may again be of four kinds: दक्षिण=showing equal devotion to many women, though principally attached to one: i. e. gallant; शठ= who remains attached to one, even at the cost of the displeasure of the other; i. e. sly; धृष्ट - professing his love to one, and even facing reproaches without being least ashamed; and अनुकूल having unflinching devotion to one lady. The hero the first kind has eight qualities, viz.शोभा, विलास, माधुर्य,गाम्भीर्य, धैर्य, तेजस्, लालित्य and औदार्य,which are explained in the comment wherever they occur.
