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1 online resource. |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Gonda indological studies, 1382-3442 ; 23
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"What is Dance? What is Theatre? What is the boundary between enacting a character and narrating a story? When does movement become tinted with meaning? And when does beauty shine alone as if with no object? These universal aesthetic questions find a theoretically vibrant and historically informed set of replies in the oeuvre of the eleventh-century Kashmirian author Abhinavagupta. The present book offers the first critical edition, translation, and study of a crucial and lesser known passage of his commentary on the Nyastra, the seminal work of Sanskrit dramaturgy. The nature of dramatic acting and the mimetic power of dance, emotions, and beauty all play a role in Abhinavagupta's thorough investigation of performance aesthetics, now presented to the modern reader"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
English and Sanskrit. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 0 Introduction -- 0.1 A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Indian Aesthetics -- 0.2 Recovering Dance through Texts: A Note on Method -- 1 Nyastra and Abhinavabhrat : Trends and Open Questions -- 1.1 Editorial History and Textual Reception -- 1.2 Archiving Performance: Texts and Images -- 1.3 The Nyastra and the Place of Dance in It -- 1.4 The Abhinavabhrat : A Medieval Document on Performance -- Part 1 Practice and Aesthetics of Indian Dance -- 2 Formalizing Dance, Codifying Performance -- 2.1 Nya , ntta , and ntya between Movement and Mimesis -- 2.2 Dance as Technique: agahra , karaa , recaka -- 2.3 Between Gender and Genre: tava , sukumra , lsya -- 2.4 Expanding the Idea of ntta -- 2.5 Tradition, Creativity, and Artistry: A aiva Perspective -- 3 The Aesthetics of Dance -- 3.1 Dance within Theatre, Dance without Theatre -- 3.2 Enacting Emotions: A vademecum for the Actor -- 3.3 Communication without Words -- 3.4 Dance, Beauty, and the Fabrication of Dramatic Fiction -- 3.5 Reshaping the Idea of abhinaya in Dance -- Part 2 Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Abhinavabhrat ad Nyastra 4.261cd-269ab -- 4 Introduction to the Edition -- 4.1 General Remarks on the Transmission of the Abhinavabhrat -- 4.2 Genealogy of the Present Text: The Sources -- 4.3 A Note on the Sanskrit Text and Translation -- 4.4 Symbols and Abbreviations in the Apparatus -- Analysis of ABh ad N 4.261cd-269ab -- Edition and Translation: Abhinavabhrat ad Nyastra 4.261cd-269ab -- Appendix: Kvynusana of Hemacandra (pp. 445-449) -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Bharata Muni. Nyastra.
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Abhinavagupta, Rjnaka. Abhinavabhrat.
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Nyastra (Bharata Muni)
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Sanskrit drama -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- India.
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Aesthetics, Indic.
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Théâtre sanscrit -- Histoire et critique.
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Théâtre -- Inde.
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Esthétique de l'Inde.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General
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Aesthetics, Indic
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Sanskrit drama
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Theater
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India
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Bharata Muni.
Nyastra.
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Bharata Muni.
Nyastra. English.
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Abhinavagupta, Rjnaka.
Abhinavabhrat.
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Abhinavagupta, Rjnaka.
Abhinavabhrat. English.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ganser, Elisa. Theatre and its other Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021 9789004449817 (DLC) 2021029803 |
| ISBN |
9789004467057 (ebook) |
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900446705X |
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9789004449817 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000071582475 |
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