Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts鈥擬usic, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature鈥攆rom the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India.
Chapter 1 - Music in the Puranas
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(7) Gosava (8) Mah膩vratika (9) Brahmat膩na (10) Pr膩j膩patya
(11) Nagayajnasraya (12) Gotara (13) Hayakranta (14) Mrgakranta
(15) Visnukranta (16) Manohar (17) Suryakranta (18) Varenya
(19) Mattakokilav膩dina (20) Ujjivaka.
In Sangita Ratnakara we get the term 'Suddhatana'. Sarangadeva
has mentioned the seven Suddhatanas which are (1) Agnistoma
(2) Atyagnistoma (3) Vajapeya (4) Sodasi (5) Pundarika
(6) Asvamedha (7) R膩jas奴ya.68
But Sarangadeva has included the tanas namely Gosava,
Mah膩vrata, Prajapatya, Asvakranta, Visnukranta, Suryakr膩nta
etc. in the twenty-eight Satsvara tanas in the Sadjagrama.
(b) Sadjagrama
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tanas
(1) Prasvapa (2) Paisaca (3) J墨vana (4) Savitra (5) Ardhasavitra
(6) Sarvatobhadra (7) Suvarna (8) Subhadra (9) Visnu
(10) Visnuvara (11) Sagara (12) Vijaya (13) Hansa (14) Jyestha.
Sarangadeva has mentioned the t膩nas Savitri,
Ardhasavitr墨, Sarvatobhadra in the twenty-one 'Satsvara'
tanas in the Madhyama-grama.
(C) Gandhara-grama tanas
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(1) Tumbaru-priya (2) Manohara (3) Adhatrya (4) Gandharvanugata
(5) Alambusesta (6) Narads-priya (7) Bhimasenapriya
(8) Nagara-priya (9) Kalopanita-vinata (10) 艣rir膩khya
(11) Bhargava-priya (12) Abhiramya (13) Sukra (14) Punya
(15) Punyakara.
