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 2 - Dance in the Puranas
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- 110- is regarded as the favourite composition of music and opera of the Yadavas in the Harivansa. The Yadavas are often described as artists and Narada joins with his v墨n膩 on which he plays different ragas. Here we find a description of the acting of Narada with various gestures in the Chalikya Krida of Arsna and Yadavas. The Apsaras join in with Nrtya and Abhinaya. Krsna organizes a party of dancers and actors. Pradyumna, Samba and Gada with other Yadavas enter the city Vajrapur. Nata by his dance entertained the citizens. Pradyumna leads this party with special performance of nata Bhadra. They acted some episodes in the Ramayana and a drama named as 'Rambhabhisara Kaubera'. The phrase 'Natakan nanrtu岣�' This drama 47 is used for the demonstration of this drama.
seems to be a combination of dance and acting. At the end of
this drama we find a mention that the demons were pleased by
the 'Padoddh膩ra, Abhinaya and Nrtya'. These are the dance
dramas.
48 In the Harivansa the root Nrt is used for the acting
in the drama. The derivation of the word Nata implies that
Nata should be an actor as well as a dancer. Drama was
regarded as the combination of Nrtya and Abhinaya.
