Based on seminar presentations, the book deals with various aspects of India’s dramatic tradition starting from Bharata’s Natyashastra. Experts in the field of dramaturgy present observations on the manuscripts of the Natyashastra and performance traditions. The presentations in Hindi and English are concerned with study of the vithi and the vithyangas, definition of beauty, the narrative tradition in Kutiyattam and the concept of nayaka from Bharata to Vishvanatha. A paper examines the Orissan texts on dramaturgy and the performance of plays at especially the Sri Jagannatha Temple at Puri.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Radhavallabh Tripathi
Dr. Radhavallabh Tripathi was born on 15th February, 1949 in Rajgarh Distt. of Madhya Pradesh, and was educated at Sagar University. He has been teaching Under-graduate and Post-graduate classes in the University teaching department of Sanskrit for 33 years, and has successfully guided 26 research-scholars for Ph.D. At present he is working as Visiting Professor of Sanskrit at Silpacom University, Bangkok. He has published 90 books and 135 research papers and several critical essays. He has received 17 awards of Inter-national or national level, including Sahitya Akademi (New Delhi) Award for creative writing (poetry) in Sanskrit; Shankar Puraskar of K.K. Birla Trust for his Natyashastravishvakosha in four volumes.; M.M.P.V. Kane goldmedal of Asiatic Society of Bombay for best research work in the field of Sanskrit studies; Award of all India Oriental Conference for best research work in the field of classical Sanskrit Literature and the award by the some body for best research paper in classical Sanskrit section and also the Ramakrishna Sanskrit award from Canada..
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