Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A kind of dramatic composition in one act; it is thus described by S. D: khyātetivṛtto vyāyogaḥ svalpastrījanasaṃyutaḥ. hīno garbhavimarṣābhyāṃ na- rairbahubhirāśritaḥ. ekāṃkaśca bhavedastrīnimittasamaro- dayaḥ. kauśikīvṛttirahitaḥ prakhyātastatra nāyakaḥ. rājarṣiratha divyo vā bhaveddhīroddhataśca saḥ. hāsyaśṛṃ- gāraśāṃtebhya itare'trāṃgino rasāḥ.. 514.
