Archives: May, 2006

The Tandava element is divided intoMargi

The Margi consists of seven types of Bhraman-s. Each Bhramana consists of Gati-s, Karana-s, chari-s. For each gati he has prescribed a separate tala, but no tala has been prescribed for the Karana-s or Cari-s. Each tala has been prescribed some specific sabda (bol-sor sollu).

Example: The [...]

“Kalyani is the 65th Melakarta raga“, equivalent to the “raganga raga Kalyan 1“. In the older Venkatamakhi scheme, it was called “Santha Kalyani“. In the more modern scheme of Govinda, it is called “Mecha Kalyani“. It is a sampoorna raga and has a symmetrical arohana and avarohana using the chatusruti rishabham (r2), antara gandharam (g3), [...]

The word “Nritta” comes from the root “Nata”. Bharata, Saradatanaya and Kumbhakarna have defined Nritta as one which is composed of Karana-s and Angahara-s. It has been also described as one of the components of Angika Abhinaya, Ankura, Shakha and Nritta. Abhinava Gupta regards Nritta as co-ordination of Hasta and paada kriya. What Abhinava Gupta [...]