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  The word Vachik a bhinaya comes from the Sanskrit word “Vacchya”. In dance text, speeches, dialogues, songs, music ,sound are used to enhance and beautify the performance. Bharata also mentions that the Gana (song), Vadhya (instrumental music) and Natya (drama) should intermingle with each other to make the performance a brilliant entity (alatacakrapratimam). Bharata mentions in Natyashastra that an actor or a dancer must know the   Guna , Dosha and Aharyam of the Kavya/Padhya. He also mentions that the sounds, speech, dialogues must be SARVASARYA (all can hear).   Natyak is known as Natyakavya and is a mixture of Gadhya and Padhya . Songs and dialogues are intertwined in such a way that both become irreplaceable. For any performance we first decide the script and the song and then we work on the remaining three abhinaya based on the Vachya. Shabdha is Shakti. Both shabda and artha have to sink in so that the true meaning can be communicated. Shabda can be used in ...

Details or short history about the one word answers are given in this page for better understanding of the topic. All possible attempts must be made to make knowledge easily available. Ref 1   :  H.H Wilson first published his work on Sanskrit in 1890 and mentioned NS.

  This page has been created for students who appear for competitive exams or diplomas. The attempt is to make learnig as easy as possible. For detailed notes please click on the Links. 1.  When was Natyashastra written ? (    ) 2. Who is the author of Natyashastra ? ( BharatMuni) 3. From whom did Bharata get the knowledge of NS ? ( Lord Bhrama) 4. Whom did Bharata taught the knowledge that he received from Bhrama before compiling it ? (His 100 sons) 5. Name one author who has written book on Natyashastra..( Abhinav Gupta, Kashmiri poet) 6. How many chapters are there in Natyashastra ? (36 Chapters)  Chapters of NS 7. What is NS ? (Book on Dance, Drama and Music ) 8. How many couplets are there in NS ? (  6000) 9. Who and when first published about NS in the modern world ? ( H.H Wilson in 1826 ) Ref   1 Important Links  1. All Important Links 2. Profile  3. Chapters of Natyash  

                       Qualities of a dancer   -   The word “Dasaprana” means “tenqualities ” . Nandikeshwara in his book talks about the 10 qualities of a dancer.   The standard of beauty and the quotient of desirability varies depending on the region, time frame, culture, environment. For example South east Asian countries prefer skin as white as snow, while a shade of tan is more desirable in NORTH American countries. Again, size zero figure are a fashion in European countries while Middle Eastern counties prefer round figure.Abhinaydarpana was written during. The relevance of this Dasaprana may raise a heated debate. During modern times, many find the intelligence to   be more attractive than physical beauty. We no longer use white base for make-up rather cosmetics which suit our skin tone. With the change in time requirements and necessity of a dancer have changed....