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		There are some famous stanzas of Natya Shastra of Bharat Muni.
		Natya Shastra is considered as the Fifth Veda.
		Then Natya Shastra was also considered as a Veda.
	www.bharatiyadrama.com /valintro.htm (50 words)

	Natya Shastra (Natyashatra or Natyasastra) Ancient Indian Text on Stagecraft
		The Natya Shastra is the oldest surviving text on stagecraft in the world.
		It is believed that the Natya Shastra is based upon the much older Natya Sutras.
		The Natya Shastra is incredibly wide in its scope.
	www.chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/natyashastra.html (229 words)

	HERE-NOW4U :Chapekar :The Concept of Abhinaya According to Bharata (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Natya, the art of histrionics, has been a part of Indian culture for thousands of years and in its analysis and concepts, one can find a clear reflection of typical Indian psyche.
		The principles of Natya have been laid down by Bharata in his exhaustive treatise on the subject known as Natya Shastra which is almost 2000 years old.
		Bharata's Natya is a composite performing art form of theatre which combines not only the arts of dance, drama and music but also literature, painting and sculpture.
	www.midimusic.de /here_now/eng/the_concept_of_abhinaya_accord.htm (2275 words)

	Reference Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam
		Bharata refers to the author of the Natya Shastra, and natya is Sanskrit for the art of sacred dance-drama brought to the stage at the beginning of the 20th century.
		Bharatanatyam is thought to have been created by Bharata Muni, a Hindu sage, who wrote the Natya Shastra, the most important ancient treatise on classical Indian dance.
		Contemporary Bharatanatyam is rarely practiced as Natya Yoga, a sacred Hindu meditational tradition, except by a few orthodox schools (see Yoga and Dance).
	referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=Bharatanatyam (2006 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Natya Yoga
		Natya Yoga, or the all-inclusive spiritual path of action, is a combination of mainly Bhakti Yoga and Karma Yoga with many elements of Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga.
		According to Natya Shastra, it was initially practised by Narada and Gandharvas, especially by Apsaras.
		The contemporary form of Natya Yoga is sometimes taught in the orthodox schools of Odissi and Bharatanatyam.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Natya_Yoga (237 words)

	Natya Shastra (Natyashatra or Natyasastra) Ancient Indian Text on Stagecraft
		by David Courtney, Ph.D. The Natya Shastra is the oldest surviving text on stagecraft in the world.
		It is believed that the Natya Shastra is based upon the much older Natya Sutras.
		The Natya Shastra is incredibly wide in its scope.
	chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/natyashastra.html (232 words)

	Madhurima's Page - Sanskrit Drama
		The theory of Natya says that "the tragedy that precedes or follows death need not be visually represented but the impression of death may be ivoked by the use of pathos (karuna)".
		In Natya shastra not only were rules set for enactment of roles but also for the audience responses.For example a comic scene should evoke a half-smile, a well enacted virtue should be responded by sounds of "excellent", a scene of wonderment by "how wonderful" and a scene of pathos by "how pathetic" etc.
		The decline of Sanskrit drama is attributed to the Muslim invasions.
	www.geocities.com /fisik_99/sankdram.htm (587 words)

	The Wonder That Was Kashmir (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to Bharata, the natya was created by taking elements from each of the four Vedas: recitation (pathya) from the Rigveda, song or melody (gita) from the Samaveda, acting (abhinaya) from the Yajurveda, and sentiments (rasa) from the Atharvaveda.
		The ideas of the Natya Shastra were in consonance with this tradition and they provided an overarching comprehensiveness to sculpture, temple architecture, performance, dance and story telling.
		The comprehensiveness of the Natya Shastra forged a tradition of tremendous pride and resilience that survived the westward movement of Indian musical imagination through the agency of itinerant musicians.
	subhashkak.voiceofdharma.com /articles/wonder.htm (5495 words)

	Dances of India, Traditional Indian Dances, Indian Classical Dances : India Line Travel
		The Natya Shastra, written by Baratha between 2 B.C. and 2 A.D., is the source for all forms of Indian classical dance.
		Natya speaks in great detail of the different kinds of postures, facial expressions, mudra or hand expressions, including the attire and ornaments to be used.
		Except that the emphasis is on the animation, the grammar is derived from the Natya Shastra.
	www.indialine.com /travel/knowindia/dance.html (1335 words)

	Indian Dance
		The Natya Shastra is the earliest Indian text in the history of performing arts.
		As the lower castes were not entitled to listen to the four Vedas, Lord Brahma created the Natya Shastra as the fifth Veda, which was open to all, irrespective of caste and creed.
		It was suggested to Lord Indra that the Natya Veda be used for the entertainment and enlightenment of the Gods, but the Gods expressed their inability to practice it.
	www.dollsofindia.com /read/indian_dance.htm (2319 words)

	Natya shastra, - Indian Dances (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Drama according to the Natya shastra was the doings of men but it was clear that it The Natya shastra made sure that the play had a special ingredient,
		Tracing its hoary origins in the Natya Shastra, written by the great sage, Bharata, it is a highly traditional and stylized dance form.
		The Natya Shastra is the oldest surviving text on stagecraft in the world, written by Bharata Muni between 200 AD and 200 BC.
	ezseeks.com /ezsk/natya-shastra.htm (491 words)

	Language in India
		One of the questions raised in the early chapters (chapter four on ta:NDava nritya) is the relationship between gesture that carries meaning and movements that are introduced in the performance with no explicit meaning.
		Traditional Indian studies of nonverbal behavior link the nonverbal behavior of everyday life with those of performing and other aesthetic arts and see these behaviors in terms of their exploitation and function in these arts.
		Natya Sastra recognizes two different types of representation: realistic, natural and popular representation called lo:kadharmi, and the conventional, theatrical innovation that is used conventionally called na:tyadharmi.
	www.languageinindia.com /oct2001/natyasastra1.html (2833 words)

	All You Always wanted to know about Indian Dance
		The earliest archaeological evidence is a beautiful statuette of a dancing girl, dated around 6000 B.C. Bharata's Natya Shastra (believed to be penned between second century B.C. and second century A.D.) is the earliest available treatise on dramaturgy.
		The Natya Shastra contains deliberations on the different kind of postures, the mudras or hand formations and their meanings, the kind of emotions and their categorisation, not to mention the kind of attire, the stage, the ornaments and even the audience.
		Bharata taught natya to his 100 sons, the apsaras or celestial damsels and gandharvas or male nature spirits/ husbands of apsaras.
	healthmantra.com /anisha/dance.htm (1113 words)

	Natya Shastra in India
		The Natya Shastra, the oldest surviving text on stagecraft in the world, is believed to have been written by the Sage Bharata between 2OO BC and AD 200.
		Bharata refers to bhavas and rasas, and stipulates that the plays should have a mingling of rasas and not be dominated by a single one.
		As the only text which gives all details about the music and instruments of the earlier period, Natya Shastra is of great relevance to musicians as well.
	www.india9.com /i9show/Natya-Shastra-38062.htm (166 words)

	Rachana Natyalaya School of Indian Classical and Folk Dances
		The Natya Shastra was created in the beginning of Treta Yug by Brahma on the request of Indra and other Devas as an object of diversion.
		As the lower castes (Shudras) were not entitled to listen to the four Vedas (Sama, Yajur, Rig and Atharav), Brahma created the Natya Shastra as the fifth Veda which was open to all, irrespective of caste and creed.
		When the Natya Veda was ready, the Gods expressed their inability to practice it, and Brahma passed it to Bharata Muni and his one hundred sons who were asked to practice it.
	www.rachananatyalaya.com /dance.htm (390 words)

	Culture - Dances - Bharatanatyam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bharata could refer to either the author of the Natya Shastra or to a legendary king after whom the country of India was supposedly named, and natya is Sanskrit for the art of dance-drama.
		It was brought to the stage at the beginning of the 20th century by Krishna Iyer.
		Although most of the contemporary Bharatanatyam ballets are popularly viewed as a form of entertainment, the Natya Shastra-based dance styles were sacred Hindu ceremonies originally conceived in order to spiritually elevate the spectators.
	www.indembassyathens.gr /Culture/dance/BNatyam.htm (1764 words)

	National Portal of India : Know India : Culture and Heritage
		It is believed that Brahma, the first great trinity of Hindu Pantheon is the Natya Shastra or the Science of Dancing.
		Brahma was so moved by the entreaties of Indra and other devas of heaven that he used the four Vedas to create Natya Veda.
		The Natya Veda or the fifth Veda was bestowed on Bharata and his disciples who introduced the art to the mortals on earth.
	india.gov.in /hindi/knowindia/bharatanatyam.php (391 words)

	Wikipedia: Bharatanatyam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bharata refers to the author of the Natya Shastra, and natya is Sanskrit for the art of sacred dance-drama brought to the stage at the beginning of the 20th century.
		It is also called the fifth Veda in reference to the foundation of Hindu religion and philosophy, from which sprang the related South Indian musical tradition of Carnatic music.
		Natya Shastra (XXVII.97-98) provides a comprehensive description of a professional Bharathanatyam danseuse patra.
	en.pediax.org /Bharatanatyam (2089 words)

	features channel >> Manipuri Dance World Stage >> Bringing Manipuri Dance To The World Stage III ~ E-Pao! News About ...
		A threat is felt by adherents of the Lai Haraoba tradition to have come from the influence of the Natya Shastra, the artistic "Bible" which informs the mainstream classical dance styles of India.
		The Natya Shastra is a lengthy treatise on theatrical arts compiled sometime between the 4th century B.C. and the 2nd century A,D, which can be compared in influence with the "Poetics" of Aristotle.
		The Natya Shastra is an unsurpassed compendious work dealing with all these elements in totality and running to thirty-six chapters.
	www.e-pao.net /epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Manipuri_Dance_World_Stage.Bringing_Manipuri_Dance_To_The_World_Stage_III (963 words)

	Indian Classical Dance Form - Kuchipudi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The earliest archaeological evidence of this art form in India is a beautiful statuette of a dancing girl, dated around 6000 B.C. Bharata's Natya Shastra (believed to be penned between second century B.C. and second century A.D.) is the earliest available treatise on dramaturgy.
		All forms of Indian classical dances owe allegiance to Natya Shastra, regarded as the fifth Veda.
		Indian classical dance is a blend of nritta - the rhythmic elements, nritya - the combination of rhythm with expression and natya - the dramatic element.
	www.ashanet.org /princeton/utsav/natyanjali/kuchipudi.html (518 words)

	All You Always wanted to know about Indian Dance
		The earliest archaeological evidence is a beautiful statuette of a dancing girl, dated around 6000 B.C. Bharata's Natya Shastra (believed to be penned between second century B.C. and second century A.D.) is the earliest available treatise on dramaturgy.
		The Natya Shastra contains deliberations on the different kind of postures, the mudras or hand formations and their meanings, the kind of emotions and their categorisation, not to mention the kind of attire, the stage, the ornaments and even the audience.
		Bharata taught natya to his 100 sons, the apsaras or celestial damsels and gandharvas or male nature spirits/ husbands of apsaras.
	www.healthmantra.com /anisha/dance.htm (1115 words)

	India Heritage :: Performing Arts :: History of Classical Dances (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Natya Shastra serves as a common text for all the varieties of Indian classical dance forms.
		Natya Shastra further divides classical dance into nritta- the rhythmic elements, nritya- the combination of rhythm and expression, and finally, natya – comprising the dramatic elements embedded in the dance recital.
		To appreciate natya or dance drama, an individual needs to possess sound knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Indian legends and mythology and folklore.
	www.indiaheritage.org /perform/history_classical_dances.htm (970 words)

	ShilaMehta.com
		Indian dance and drama are based on 'Shastra' which is known as 'Bharat Natya Shastra' - some also regard this as 'Fifth Veda'.
		This is known as 'Natya Veda'- fifth veda.
		Natya is the dramatic element, which has a story in the dramatic dances.
	www.shilamehta.com /DancesOfIndia.htm (1018 words)

	Rudra-Vina, Miscellaneous - Glossary
		It first appeared in the first half of the 19th century, strongly influenced by the Afghani rabab.
		Shastra: Ancient treatise or tome that was generally written in Sanskrit.
		Surbahar: Plucked string instrument whose structure resembles that of the sitar but is more bulky, with a deeper tessitura.
	www.rudravina.com /html_gb/divr_01.html (1412 words)

	Dances in India,Cultural Dances of India,Classical Regional Dance,Performing Arts in India
		Bharata's Natya Shastra (believed to have been penned between the 2nd century B.C. and 2nd century A.D) is the earliest available treatise on dramaturgy.
		It is said that Brahma the Creator, developed Natya, taking literature from the Rig Veda, song from the Sama Veda, abhinaya or expression from the Yajur Veda and rasa or aesthetic experience from the Atharva Veda.
		Indian dance is a blend of nritta - the rhythmic elements, nritya - the combination of rhythm with expression and natya - the dramatic element.
	www.destinationindia.com /travel_guide/dances (687 words)

	Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose - Classical Indian Dance
		Shiva, the god of dance represents both creation and destruction, while the dance itself nurtured in the precincts of the temple and dedicated to the divine, is the highest form of worship.
		In ancient India, the arts of dance, drama, and music were fused into one, as seen in the treatise called the Natya Shastra-the Science of Dramatics, written by the sage Bharata around the second century BC in Sanskrit.
		Adhering most closely to the principles laid down in Bharata's Natya Shastra, Bharatanatyam was nurtured over the ages in the temples of South India.
	www.abhinaya.org /classical-indian-dance.html (529 words)

	The Divine Origin of Dance in India
		Thus does Bharata's Natya Shastra explain the emergence of this divine art in his treatise on Indian Dance.
		Bramha tried to impart to the people the diversity and the all encompassing nature of this new creation and said that "This art is not purely for your pleasure but exhibits bhava (emotion) for all the three worlds.
		The dance or the four-fold abhinaya is of three kinds Natya, Nritta and Nritya.
	www.drbarboza.com /divineorigin.htm (4107 words)

	History of theatre Summary
		His Natya Shastra seems to be the first attempt to develop the technique or rather art, of drama in a systematic manner.
		The Natya Shastra a tells us not only what is to be portrayed in a drama, but how the portrayal is to be done.
		According to the Natya Shastra, all the modes of expression employed by an individual viz.
	www.bookrags.com /History_of_theatre (4053 words)

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