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This forms the first Taalam out of the 7 taals in Carnatic music. It has  1 Laghu followed by 1 Dhrut and lastly 2 Laghu (Symbol   l0ll). Calculation for this tala when placed in 5 Jaatis are shown below.   Dhruvam in Tisram Jaati     Laghu = 3 = 3 into 3 = 9 matras     Drutam = 1=1 into 2 = 2 matras     Total Matra = 3+2+3+3 = 11 matras     Chanda = 3,2,3,3     Bibhag = 4   Sollu  Tat Dhing Na| Taka Jham| Taka Dhing Na| Tatdhing Gina Tom|   Dhruvam in Chatusram Jaati     Laghu = 3 = 3 into 4  = 12 matras     Drutam = 1=1 into 2 = 2 matras     Total Matra = 4+2+4+4 = 14 matras     Chanda =4 ,2,4,4     Bibhag = 4   Sollu  Tat Dhit Taka Jham| Taka Jham| Taka Dhit Taka Jham| Taka Tatdhing Gina Tom|   Dhruvam in Khandam Jaati     Laghu = 3 = 3 into 5  = 15 matras     Drutam = 1=1 into 2 = 2 matras ...

 The science of dance was extremely well developed in ancient India. The word  Angalakshana  refers to the way of moving the body parts. In order to understand the concept and to perform Angalakshana, one has to understand and practice the categorization of the human body.  Types of Angalakshanam are written below. We will in-turn look at each of the Angalakshana in detail. Each and every student had to understand and practice this on a daily basis. Only after the mastering these, the Gurus would move towards teaching the students the dance numbers. Anga Pratyanga Upanga As per ancient Hindu practices, a human body or Sharera is taken as an inverted tree where the roots are at the top rather than at the bottom.  Both Charaka Samhita and Sushrut Samhita (the first known book on medicines written by Sushrut around 400 BC) talks about dividing the human body into 3 main divisions viz. Anga, Upanga and Pratyanga.  Charaka also proved the co relation of spiri...

 There are 7 Taalas [commonly known as Sapta Taalam] in Carnatic Taal System . Each of these 7 taalas are placed in 5 Jaatis [ known as Pancha Jaati]  which gives us a total of 35 combinations [7 into 5].The 7 taalas along with there symbols are as follows:  , 1.  Dhruvam  [1011] 2.  Mytiyum [101] 3.  Roopakam [01] 4.  Jhampa [1U0] 5. Triputa [100] 6.  Atta or Atta [1100] 7.  Ekam   [1] Sanskrit Names and Symbols of Sapta Taalam Note : Drop your queries or suggestions at sangeetkalakendra1@gmail.com Visit our Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/Sangeet-Kala-Kendra-1461430557205352/ Youtube :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcOJ0uLi4y4 Quick Links  :  Important Links ,          Home Page ,        My Lineage Natya Shastra _Slokas    NatyaShastra (Part 1) --- The story of the Beginning of Dance & Drama   Natya Sha...