m. (√ bhaṇ) recitation (esp. of the Buddhist law), [MWB. 44]
N. of a sort of dramatic entertainment (in which only one of the interlocutors appears on the scene, or a narrative of some intrigue told either by the hero or a third person), [Daśar.]; [Sāh.]; [Pratāp.] (cf. [IW. 471]).