Ksetrapala – his Vedic and Puranic connections discusses the evolution of Ksetrapala (Ksetrapati) from a minor field-protecting deity in the Rigveda to a guardian associated with Siva. Early hymns…
The article examines the relationship between Bhasa’s plays and Bharata’s Natyasastra, highlighting that the early playwright Bhasa diverges from several dicta of the treatise. Bhasa’s plays resist…
Indian theatre grew out of ritual and devotional practices. The article argues that stagecraft (naṭya) was regarded as a form of yajña – the sacrificial ritual described in the Vedas – and that the…
Radhavallabh Tripathi’s article explores the Natyasastra, a seminal Sanskrit treatise on performance attributed to Bharata Muni, and its influence on Indian theatre. The author defines natya as a…