Kapila Vatsyayan (born 25 December 1928) is a leading Indian scholar of which umbrella term for various performance arts rooted in religious Hindu musical theatre styles, whose theory and practice can be traced to the Sanskrit text "Natya Shastra", also called Shastriya Nritya?
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Kapila Vatsyayan Kapila Vatsyayan (born 25 December 1928) is a leading Indian scholar of Indian classical dance, art and architecture, and an art historian. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi, and continues to be its chairperson.
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Indian classical dance Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for various performance arts rooted in religious Hindu musical theatre styles, whose theory and practice can be traced to the Sanskrit text "Natya Shastra".
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Kapila Kapila (Hindi: कपिल ऋषि ) is a given name of different individuals in ancient and medieval Indian texts, of which the most well-known is the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. Kapila of Samkhya fame is considered a Vedic sage, estimated to have lived in the 6th-century BCE, or the 7th-century BCE.
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Rabindra Nritya Natya Rabindra nritya natya is the group of three dance-dramas composed by Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore: Chitrangada, Chandalika and Shyama. The principal characteristic of these works is that the story is told entirely through dance and song. The dances included in them were in the dance form created by Tagore. Tagore also included dance in earlier works such as "Tasher Desh" (The Country of Cards), though these are not regarded as "Rabindra Nritya Natya".
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Āryāvarta Āryāvarta (Sanskrit: आर्यावर्त, lit. "abode of the excellent ones", ] ) is the term mentioned as denoting the entirety of the Indian subcontinent in a few classical Hindu texts in Sanskrit such as by Patanjali and the authors of Dharmashastras. These texts also name other parts of the Indian subcontinent as "Brahmavarta", "Madhyadesha", "Panchala" and others, with neither clear boundaries nor details about who lived in them.
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Vaikhanasas Vaikhānasa is one of the principal traditions of Hinduism and primarily worships Vishnu (and his associated Avatars) as the Supreme God. The followers are mainly Brahmins of Krishna Yajurveda Taittiriya Shakha and Vaikhanasa Kalpasutra. The name "Vaikhānasa" stands for the followers and the fundamental philosophy itself with the name derived from founder, Sage Vaikhanasa. It is principally monotheistic in its philosophy, whilst also incorporating elements which could be described as being panentheistic. Vaikhanansas principle focuses on rituals and worship of Lord Vishnu rather than the philosophy of Uttara Mimamsa, unlike Vaishnavism, the larger and more prevalent form on Vishnu worship.
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Sangita Sangita (Devanagari: संगीत , IAST: saṃgīta ), also spelled Samgita or Sangeeta, refers to "music and associated performance arts" in the Indian traditions. According to Guy Beck, the root "saṃ-" implies "combining, coming together, convergent wholesome blending, unison" in the context of musical arts. "Sangita" connotes any form of singing with music, harmonious recitation or chorus singing in particular. In some medieval era literary genre such as the Puranas and poetic texts such as "Kathasaritsagar", a related term "Sangita-shastra" and "Sangita-vidya" mean the "art, science or knowledge of singing and dancing with music". According to Alison Arnold and Bruno Nettl, the modern term music fails to capture the historic sense of "Sanskrit "sangita" and Greek "mousike"". In the Indian tradition, the term "sangita" includes melodious singing, rhythmic dancing, instrumental music, classical, provincial, ritual chanting and incidental forms of music-related performance arts.
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P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri was an Indian philologist and scholar of Sanskrit literature and Vedas, known for his works on Sanksrit Philology and Mīmāṃsā or the hermenutics of the Vedas. He was the founder vice chancellor of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, a deemed university dedicated to Sanskrit studies. He was also the founder of a non governmental organization in Uttar Pradesh for the promotion of arts, culture and education, which is now known as "Shri Pattabhirama Shastri Veda Mimansa Anusandhan Kendra". "Vaidikaśikṣādarśanabindhuḥ", "Āpastambaśrautasūtra Dhūrtasvāmibhāsya", "Mīmāṃsāśāstramālā", "Tautātitamatatilaka" and "Śāstradīpikā, prabhāsahitā" are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1982, for his contributions to literature and education. Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha honored its founder vice chancellor by naming its central library as "Mahamahopadhyaya Sri Pattabhirama Sastri Library". The 8th volume of "Kendriya-Saṃskṛtavidyāpīṭham anuvādagranthamālā" has been republished as "Mahamahopadhyaya Padmabhushana Sri P.N. Pattabhirama Sastri commemoration volume" in his honor.
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Shatavadhani Ganesh Shatavadhani R. Ganesh (4 December 1962) is a practitioner of the art of avadhana, a polyglot, an author in Sanskrit and Kannada and an extempore poet in multiple languages. He has performed more than 1000 avadhanas, in Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Prakrit. He is known for extempore composition of poetry (āśukavita) during these performances, and even of chitrakavya. He is the only Śatāvadhāni from Karnataka. He once set a record by composing poetry for twenty-four hours continuously. From 30 November 2012 to 2 December 2012, he performed the first ever Shatavadhana entirely in Kannada. On 16 February 2014, in Bangalore, he performed his 1000th avadhāna.
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Sringara Sringara (Sanskrit: शृङ्गार , śṛṅgāra ) is one of the nine rasas, usually translated as erotic love, romantic love, or as attraction or beauty. "Rasa" means "flavour", and the theory of rasa is the primary concept behind classical Indian arts including theatre, music, dance, poetry, and sculpture. Much of the content of traditional Indian arts revolves around the relationship between a man and a woman. The primary emotion thus generated is Sringara. The romantic relationship between lover and beloved is a metaphor for the relationship between the individual and the divine.
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Pandit A pandit (IAST: paṇḍita), also spelled "pundit" (both pronounced ; Sanskrit: पण्डित; abbreviated as Pt. or Pdt.) is a scholar or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, Hindu philosophy, or secular subjects such as music. He may be a Guru in a Gurukul.
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Gayatri Gayatri (Sanskrit: "gāyatrī ") is the feminine form of "gāyatra ", a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn, having a Vedic meter of three "pada"s, or lines, of eight syllables. In particular, it refers to the Gayatri Mantra and the Goddess Gāyatrī as that mantra personified.
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Shatkarma Shatkarma (Sanskrit: षटकर्मन "ṣaṭkarman"), also known as Shatkriya, refers to the Yogic practices involving purification of the body.
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Bhayānaka Bhayānaka (Sanskrit: भयानक, Bhayānaka) is one of the nine rasas, usually translated as fear. Rasa means "flavour", and the theory of rasa is the primary concept behind classical Indian arts, including theatre, music, dance, poetry, and even sculpture.
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Sarana Chatushtai Sarana Chatushtai is an experiment to obtain the correct physical configuration of Śruti swara arrangement to Shadja Grama Notes on veena (Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni corresponding to 4-3-2-4-4-3-2 totalling 22 Srutis in a Saptak). The experiment is described in Abhinavabharati, a commentary to Natya Shastra, as an explanation after verse 28.26 of Natyashastra. The 22 Srutis are the only notes which can be useful for music in an “octave”, in this view. The sections below describe the experiment.
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Shiva Advaita Shiva Advaita,(Devanagari:शिवाद्वैत,Kannada: ಶಿವಾದ್ವೈತ ,Śivādvaita ),also called as Śiva Viśiṣṭādvaita or Shaivite "qualified nondualism" is a Shaivite school of philosophy from Southern India.
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Samaysya-purti Samaysya-purti (Devanagari : समस्या-पूर्ति / literally satisfaction of a problem) is a class of Indian literature, specially popular in Sanskrit, but also known in other languages.
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Haraprasad Shastri Haraprasad Shastri (Bengali: হরপ্রসাদ শাস্ত্রী ) (6 December 1853 – 17 November 1931), also known as Haraprasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature. He is most known for discovering the Charyapada, the earliest known examples of Bengali literature.
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Classical Indian musical theatre Classical Indian musical theatre is a sacred art of the Hindu temple culture. It is performed in different styles.
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Sampradaya In Hinduism, a sampradaya ( Sanskrit : सम्प्रदाय IAST "sampradāya ") can be translated as ‘tradition’ , 'spiritual lineage' or a ‘religious system’. It relates to a succession of masters and disciples, which serves as a spiritual channel, and provides a delicate network of relationships that lends stability to a religious identity.
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Karana (dance) Karanas are the 108 key transitions in the classical Indian dance described in Natya Shastra. "Karana" is a Sanskrit verbal noun, meaning "doing".
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Viswamaanava Viswamaanava is a Hindu cultural ideology. "Viswa" means universal and "maanava" means human. This ideology is inherent in all Indian scriptures, culture, and traditions. It is extensively discussed and partially practised in Advaita Vedanta traditions. Many great intellectuals lived by this principle and contributed to the welfare of the underprivileged sections of society.