Natya Shastra - List of Chapters

List of Chapters

  • Origin of drama
  • Description of the playhouse
  • Puja (offering) to the Gods of the stage
  • Description of the karana dance
  • Preliminaries of a play
  • Sentiments (rasas)
  • Emotional and other states
  • Gestures of minor limbs
  • Gestures of hands
  • Gestures of other limbs
  • Cari movements
  • Different gaits
  • Zones and local usages
  • Rules of prosody
  • Metrical patterns
  • Diction of a play
  • Rules on the use of languages
  • Modes of address and intonation
  • Ten kinds of play
  • Limbs of the segments
  • Styles
  • Costumes and make-up
  • Harmonious performance
  • Dealings with courtesans
  • Varied performances
  • Success in dramatic performances
  • Instrumental music
  • Stringed instruments
  • Time measure
  • Dhruva songs
  • Covered instruments
  • Types of character
  • Distribution of roles
  • Descent of drama on the Earth

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