Essay name: Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences)
Author:
Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay in English studies the Manasollasa authored by Someshvara III, representing an ancient encyclopedic work encompassing over 8,000 Sanskrit verses. The text addresses diverse topics like polity, political sciences, architecture, jurisprudence, iconography, idol-making, and various arts and sciences such as mathematics.
Chapter 4 - Fine arts in Manasollassa
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l 264 for dance.
190 He mentions different movements of Siras
(head), Skandha (shoulder), Vaksa (chest), Jathara
(stomach), Danta (teeth), Jihva (tongue) and so on.
He speaks about Netra (eye), Nasika (nose), Kapola
(cheek) etc. Abhinaya is the only mode of communicating
from
The word is
a dramatic experience to the spectators.
formed/the root 'ni', preceded by the preposition abhi.
Abhinaya is the means to carry the poet's content and
its aesthetic and philosophic significance towards the
spectators; it employs the mode of direct presentation
visual and aural perception, in virtue of the intoned
speeches, gestures, movements, facial expressions and
physical poses, make-up and costume etc. Thereby it
enables the spectators to be aware of the rich meaning
楠�
that the poet's words carry and to take the experience
directly. It follows that the calibre and quality of
Abhinaya would be judged by how successfully the dramatic
presentation is made and how effectively the poet's
content is carried home, so that a correct and adequate
response is evoked. Abhinaya is divided into four kinds,
190. 啶夃お啶距啷嵿啶距え啷嵿く啷囙さ啶啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶ㄠぞ啶げ啶曕啶粪啶お啷嵿ぐ啶啶溹え啷堗 啷�
啶啶班い啷嵿く啶權啶椸ぞ啶ㄠた 啶ㄠた啶班啶啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶掂た啶膏啶むぐ啷囙ぃ 啶く啶距そ啶о啶ㄠぞ 啷� [up膩峁単膩nyevamukt膩ni n膩malak峁aprayojanai岣� |
pratya峁単膩ni nir奴pyante vistare峁嘺 may膩'dhun膩 || ] 4.18.1130.
CE. 啶多た啶掂い啶む啶� 啶班い啷嵿え啶距啶� [艣ivatatva ratn膩kara ] 6.3.49-55.
