udghātyakaḥ kathodghātaḥ prayogātiśayas tathā pravartakāvalagite pañca prastāvanā-bhidāḥ
udghatyakah kathodghatah
prayogatisayas tatha
pravartakavalagite
panca prastavana-bhidah
prayogatisayas tatha
pravartakavalagite
panca prastavana-bhidah
Thus the technical names for the five kinds of introductory scenes of the drama are listed as udghatyaka, kathodghata, prayogatisaya, pravartaka and avalagita. When Srila Ramananda Raya inquired which of these five Srila Rupa Gosvami had used to accomplish the technical introduction to his drama Lalita-madhava, Rupa Gosvami replied that he had used the introduction technically called udghatyaka. According to Bharati-vrtti, three technical terms used are prarocana, vithi and prahasana. Thus Rupa Gosvami also mentioned vithi, which is a technical term for a certain type of expression. According to the Sahitya-darpana (6.520):
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