ORIGIN OF NATYA TERMS
dhwaja
Indra's flag
bharatamuni
Indra tells Brahma to teach natya to this guy first -- he in turn taught his hundred disciples
prayoga
expression
natya
the kridaniyakam created by Brahma; means the production of a play on the stage based on stories drawn from history or mythology
lokapalas
the rulers of the universe
tretayuga
the time period in which the natya shastra was written in
natya shastra or natya veda
written by the sage Bharata (aka Bharatamuni) -- was the first available encyclopedia treatise on Indian drama, dance, music and literature
indra
King of the gods -- duty is to inculate the spirit of adhering to the righteous way of life into people
dharana
retention
bharati
speech proper; type of vritti
36th chapter
the gods praised the Bharatas, the Bharatas became very arrogant -- they were eventually cursed by the sages - Bharata sent them to the earth during the reign of Emperor Nahusa - Natya was established on earth - they eventually came back to heaven after the curse ended
tandu
the saint that taught Shiva's nritta to Bharata + codified the rules to Shiva's Brittany
kaisiki
graceful or delicate expression; type of vritti
vrittis
modes of expression in the production -- Bharati, arabhati, satwati, kaisiki
rasa
mood created by the sounds of the pitches in a particular rag; taken from atharvana veda
gana
music; taken from the samaveda
tandava
name given to this masculine or more abrupt and forceful form of which Shiva is the incarnation - Shiva's nritta - named after the Saint Tandu
natya brindam
natya troupe formed by Bramha -- 24 apsaras play the Kaisiki vritti, Narada and the Gandharwas sing, and the sage Swati and his disciplines did the instrumental music
grahana
reception
asuraparajayam
the Natya Brindam's first play -- was written by Bramha, was presented in the open at Indra's festival -- depicted the defeat of the demons
brahma
the creator of the universe -- created the fifth veda by taking an aspect from each of the four previous vedas and combining them
bharatas or bharataputras
the hundred disciples of Bharatamuni
natyopatti
the origin of natya, explained in the first chapter of the natya shastra
amritamadhanam and tripuradaha
the two plays performed by the natya brindam at Kailasa to Shiva
arabhati
virile expression; type of vritti
pathya
words or speech; taken from the rigveda
jnana
absorption of knowledge
first chapter of natya shastra
chapter that deals of the divine origin of natya
36th/last chapter of natya shastra
chapter that deals with the first appearance of natya on earth
fourth chapter of natya shastra
chapter that deals with the production of natya before Lord Shiva's
satwati
emotional expression; type of vritti
kridaniyakam
entertainment -- created in the form of a fifth veda, enjoyable to all the sections of people since some of them were denied the privilege of the learning the four vedas
abhinaya
expression; taken from yajurveda
