प्रवेशक

{ pravēśakḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

pravēśaka m S In the drama. Prologue. 2 Proem, exordium, introduction.
pravēśaka a S That introduces; that ushers or conducts in, lit. fig.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  Prologue. Exordium.
a   That introduces.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-°वेशक    ifc. = °वेश entering, entrance, [Kathās.]

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प्र °वेशक

प्र-°वेशक  m.  m. a kind of interlude (acted by some of the subordinate characters for the making known of what is supposed to have occurred between the acts or the introducing of what is about to follow), [Kālid.]; [Ratnâv.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c. ( cf. विष्कम्भक and, [IW. 473])

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प्र °वेशक

N. of wk.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रवेशकः [pravēśakḥ]   'The introducer', an interlude acted by inferior characters (such as servants, buffoon &c.) for the purpose of acquainting the audience with events not represented on the stage, but a knowledge of which is essential for the proper understanding of what follows; (like the Viṣkambhaka it connects the story of the drama and the subdivisions of the plot, by briefly referring to what has occurred in the intervals of the acts, or what is likely to happen at the end; it never occurs at the beginning of the first act or at the end of the last). [S. D.] thus defines it: प्रवेशकोऽनु- दात्तोक्त्या नीचपात्रप्रयोजितः । अङ्कद्वयान्तर्विज्ञेयः शेषं विष्कम्भके यथा ॥ 39; see विष्कम्भक; cf. [Ve.3.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रवेशक  mfn.  ( -कः-का-कं) Who or what enters.
 m.  ( -कः)
1. An inferior actor who announces the enterance of the principal characters, or an interlude acted by inferior characters for the sake of making known to the audience events which are not represented on the stage and a knowledge of which is necessary for the understanding of what follows, proiled that it can never occur in the begin- ning of the first act or at the end of the last.
2. An entry.
E. प्र before, विश् to enter, ण्वुल् aff.

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प्र विश् ण्वुल्