India - Literature

Question 1

Natya Shastra

Answer 1

• Brahma gave the Natya Shastra as the sacred text of dance to Bharata.
• Natya Shastra is called the fifth veda or bible

Question 2

Abhinaya Darpana

Answer 2

Abhinaya Dharpana was written by Nandikeshwara

The term for the four independent but linked techniques of communication of the dance come from this treatise

Question 3

Bharata

Answer 3

is often referred to as the “Father” of Indian dance because of his treatise the Natya Shastra.

Question 4

Nandikeshwara

Answer 4

Abhinaya Dharpana was written by Nandikeshwara

The term for the four independent but linked techniques of communication of the dance come from this treatise

Question 5

Veda

Answer 5

bible of the Hindu faith

Question 6

Sanscrit

Answer 6

The Natya Shastra was written in Sanscrit

rarely spoken language of the Indo-Aryan group of languages - roots similar to Latin, Greek, German and French.