Kathaka The Tradition
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Kathaka The Tradition
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Author : Ranjana Srivastava
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Kathaka The Tradition written by Ranjana Srivastava and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art, Tantric categories.
The book traces the history of Kathaka from ancient to the medieval period: its origin and continuous evolution in a struggle for existence through a process involving fusion, diffusion and adaptation. It studies its etymological meaning in a painstaking effort which involves a discussion on the influence of Kathakya Acarya, Sage Katha and the generic similarities between Rasalila, Hallisaka, Carcari, Rasa, and present-day Kathaka. It shows that Kathaka has an ancient origin and is an indigenous Indian dance. It deals with the three distinct sections that form the present-day Kathaka. Surveying a host of religious and secular literature including the Natyasastra, the Abhinaya Darpana and the Sangita Ratnakara and referring to sculptural reliefs from temples and illustrations from manuscripts including the Akbar-Nama, it undertakes a detailed and illuminating study of gestures, postures, movements and stances of Kathaka. An attempt to help readers gain a better insight into the Kathaka dance, the volume will interest practitioners and lovers of classical dance forms of India.
Chanted Narratives
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Author : Molly Kaushal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Chanted Narratives written by Molly Kaushal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Volume Offers A Fascinating Study Of Chanted Narratives From Different Regions Of India And Parts Of Southeast Asia. It Explores The Nature Of Orality And Its Various Attendant Aspects, Like Composition, Performance, Transmission Modes, Socio-Economic Context, And The Relationship That Exists Between Its Performer And The Audience.
Narrative Traditions Of A Telugu Epic Paln Tiv Rula Katha
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Author : Aruna Bommareddi
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2019-10-29
Narrative Traditions Of A Telugu Epic Paln Tiv Rula Katha written by Aruna Bommareddi and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-29 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In the current climate of increasing absence of resistance from within traditions as that of Hinduism, this book offers a fresh read for those who look for resisting narratives that break free from the fold of larger narratives. The ‘little narrative’ here is an oral epic of the Telugu peoples that itself has spawned a flowing tradition of its own, with several other written texts, performances, plays and songs, and even movies based on it. However, what this book foregrounds is not the popularity of this Telugu oral epic tradition, but the problems involved when the oral tradition in all its variety of storytelling and performative renditions undergoes a cultural translation and appropriation by the dominant textual tradition. For instance, there have been attempts to bring all the different versions of the Palna?tivi?rula Katha under one textual rubric. This book, gently suggests that there must be a cultural politics at work behind such attempts and within the ambit of its five chapters and the attendant annexures, presents the oral epic narrative in all its multiplicities of story lines as also presentations. The larger effort here is to highlight the resistance offered by a people in terms of the creation and production of local narratives that have stood the test of time and, more importantly, the retrieval of the consciousness of a people by revisiting and foregrounding these creations. This book, as one turns its last page, certainly gets the reader in touch with a Telugu consciousness, for gaining a sense of which we need not search inside the books in a library but must restore to the people their oral stories and performances in all their varieties and contradictions.
Tantra Mantra Yantra In Dance
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Author : Ranjana Srivastava
language : en
Publisher: D.K. Print World Limited
Release Date : 2004
Tantra Mantra Yantra In Dance written by Ranjana Srivastava and has been published by D.K. Print World Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Performing Arts categories.
The Indian perspective has always been holistic and all-inclusive: thought and activity in different fields, at different levels, have been interlinked to produce what has been timeless. Indian arts is a classic example of such amalgamation: it interlinks aspects of art, philosophy, mythology, religion, and mysticism. This book is an attempt to unravel such links with specific reference to the Kathaka dance form. Dr. Ranjana Srivastava explores the roots of Kathaka dance form to reveal its sublime, philosophic, esoteric and divine dimensions. Focussing on inter-relationships, she unfolds how dance embraces other disciplines of Yoga - Tantra, Mantra and Yantra. She discusses the concept of Tantra and its approximation and application to the dance form - the way Kathaka absorbed the sacred knowledge within its form. She deals with the importance and aspects of sound in the Hindu religious scheme and its manifestation in Kathaka. Explaining the significance of the yantra as a diagrammatic/geometric representation and the way it functions, she analyses the techniques of Kathaka which create distinct yantra formations both in the physical movements of the dancer in the surrounding space as well as on the dancing floor. The study abounds in extensive notes to explain numerous terms and concepts and has references to noted works and authors on the subject. The book will be useful to experts and students of Indian art and, in particular, dance and will interest general people keen to know more about India's art traditions.
Aryan And Non Aryan In India
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Author : Madhav M. Deshpande
language : en
Publisher: U OF M CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES
Release Date : 1979-01-01
Aryan And Non Aryan In India written by Madhav M. Deshpande and has been published by U OF M CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The history and mechanisms of the convergence of ancient Aryan and non-Aryan cultures has been a subject of continuing fascination in many fields of Indology. The contributions to Aryan and Non-Aryan in India are the fruit of a conference on that topic held in December 1976 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under the auspices of the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies. The express object of the conference was to examine the latest findings from a variety of disciplines as they relate to the formation and integration of a unified Indian culture from many disparate cultural and ethnic elements.
Divine Service And The Performing Arts In India
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Author : Selina Thielemann
language : en
Publisher: APH Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Divine Service And The Performing Arts In India written by Selina Thielemann and has been published by APH Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Hindu music categories.
Essays In The Volume Centre Around Music And Other Performing Traditions And Part Of The Devotional Practice With Emphasis An Vaishnava Liturgy In Northern India. The Focus Is On The Significance Of Music, Dance And Acting In The Vaisnava Theology. Includes Coloured Illustrations.
The Book On Trial
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Author : Girja Kumar
language : en
Publisher: Har-Anand Publications
Release Date : 1997
The Book On Trial written by Girja Kumar and has been published by Har-Anand Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Existence of the freedom to read, write, print, publish, discuss, debate, and dispute creative writing and dissident writing in India.
The Mah Bh Rata In The Tribal And Folk Traditions Of India
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Author : K. S. Singh
language : en
Publisher: Indian Institute of Advanced Study and Anthropological Surve
Release Date : 1993
The Mah Bh Rata In The Tribal And Folk Traditions Of India written by K. S. Singh and has been published by Indian Institute of Advanced Study and Anthropological Surve this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Social Science categories.
Papers presented at a seminar organized by Anthropological Survey of India in collaboration of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
Text And Tradition In South India
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Author : Velcheru Narayana Rao
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2017-06-01
Text And Tradition In South India written by Velcheru Narayana Rao and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Essays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao. Velcheru Narayana Rao’s contribution to understanding Indian cultural history, literary production, and intellectual life—specifically from the vantage of the Andhra region—has few parallels. He is one of the very rare scholars to be able to reflect magisterially on the precolonial and colonial periods. He moves easily between Sanskrit and the vernacular traditions, and between the worlds of orality and script. This is because of his mastery of the “classical” Telugu tradition. As Sanjay Subrahmanyam puts it in his Introduction, “To command nearly a thousand years of a literary tradition is no small feat, but more important still is VNR’s ability constantly to offer fresh readings and provocative frameworks for interpretation.” The essays and reflections in Text and Tradition in South India bring together the diverse and foundational contributions made by Narayana Rao to the rewriting of India’s cultural and literary history. The book is for anyone interested in the history of Indian ideas, the social and cultural history of South India, and the massive intellectual traditions of the subcontinent. Velcheru Narayana Rao is Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professor in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History at Emory University. His many books include a translation (with David Shulman) of Piṅgaḷi Sūranna’s The Demon’s Daughter: A Love Story from South India, also published by SUNY Press, and Textures of Time: Writing History in South India 1600–1800 (coauthored with David Shulman and Sanjay Subrahmanyam).
Katha Vilasam
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Author : S Ramakrishnan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-10-24
Katha Vilasam written by S Ramakrishnan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
Katha Vilasam: The Story Within offers a path-breaking series of 50 articles by S. Ramakrishnan, published over the course of four years in the widely read Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, to a wider reading public through translation into English. The writing style is intentionally direct and compact to suit a magazine readership. Nevertheless, the prose is elevating, even lyrical at times. There are “Aha” moments aplenty. The author uses a unique device in these units. They are “stories within stories”. In each unit, he describes an incident from his own experience and relates it to a short story he has read by a particular eminent Tamil writer. He paraphrases/summarises the writer’s story, melds it into his own reminiscence, and allows the two to resonate and create a musical signature in the reader’s mind. Thus, 50 noted short story writers in the Tamil language are featured here. The avowed purpose of the author was to introduce the readers of Ananda Vikatan (who may have been readers of nothing but magazines) to also delve into the works of excellent Tamil short story writers. The series ran for four years and was very well received by readers. Each unit deserves to be read and re-read not only for the insights and information about writers in different genres, but for the word wizardry and imagery that flow effortlessly through the lines. It is hoped that this English translation will teleport these unique offerings to a wider reading public and bring the works of excellent Tamil writers into the lives of discriminating lovers of literature everywhere.