The Science of Nāṭya
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Certificate course on The Science of Nāṭya

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About the course

The Nāṭyaśāstra lays the foundation for the grammar and aesthetics of all performing arts of India, the classical theatre in particular. A thorough study of the text can benefit a poet, musician, dancer, sculptor, painter, theatre artist, art critic and an aesthetician. The Rasa theory expounded by Bharata-muni in Nāṭyaśāstra forms the basis on which many artistic disciplines have evolved over the course of Indian history.

The course enables a complete textual reading of the Nāṭyaśāstra in its original, along with the relevant segments of the Abhinava-bhāratī, a commentary on the text by Abhinava-gupta. It provides a thorough understanding of the aesthetics of Indian classical art forms, thereby enabling the performing artists and connoisseurs to dive deeper into their respective forms of art.

Highlights

Outcomes


Themes Covered from the Nāṭyaśāstra

Level 1:

‣ Nāṭyotpatti – the Story of Creation of Nāṭyaśāstra

‣ The Nāṭyaśāstra-saṅgraha-śloka

‣ The Nāṭyāvataraṇa

‣ Fundamentals of the Movement Vocabulary of the Nāṭyaśāstra

Level 2:

Study of Rasādhyāya and Bhāvādhyāya - Applications in Allied Arts

Level 3:

Daśarūpakādhyāya, Chapters on Music, Literature and Architecture - Relevance for today's world

Level 4:

Comparative Aesthetics of Indian and Western Dramaturgy


Course details

Evaluation criteria

Each level will be assessed based on:

Fee structure (for each level)

Students: INR 6,000 (Six thousand rupees)
Working professionals / Others: INR 10,000 (Ten thousand rupees)

International participants
Students: USD 120 dollars (One hundred and twenty dollars)
Working professionals / Others: USD 150 dollars (One hundred and fifty dollars)

Registration process

Register here

After the registration is complete, further details will be notified via “whatsapp group”.

Faculty

Teacher

Shri. Arjun Bharadwaj

Academic director
Contributing Editor,
Prekshaa Pratishtana
 

About

Writer, translator and researcher with deep interest in classical literature, arts, and philosophy. He holds Master’s degree in Sanskrit and Engineering and is also well versed in Kannada, English, German, and Greek languages.

He works as a contributing editor of Prekshaa and is currently studying the comparative aesthetics of classical Greek and Indian arts. He has (co-)written and (co-)edited many books, authored over fifty research articles, enjoys composing Sanskrit poems, and plays the Carnatic flute. He is also a visiting faculty at several universities and educational institutions.

Teacher

Prof. Shivani V

Course Director
Dean, Shastra Faculty
Head, Department of Vyakarana
Karnataka Samskrit University

About

Prof. Shivani holds a doctorate in ‘Computational Model for Linguistic Study of Sanskrit – Balakanda of Ramayana as a Case Study’. She is post graduate in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Sanskrit Vyakarana.

She has many publications and research papers under her credit. She has also participated and presented papers at many international and national seminars on NLP, Machine Learning and topics pertaining to Computational Linguistics and Sanskrit Grammar.

Special Lectures and Demonstration by

Teacher

Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi

Former Vice-Chancellor of
Central Sanskrit University
Delhi

About

With 38 years of his continuous service as regular teacher in Universities at Udaipur and Sagar, Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi is one of the senior-most professors of Sanskrit in the country.

Widely acclaimed for his original contributions to the study of Natyashastra and Sahityashastra, Prof. Tripathi has published 109 books, 183 research papers and critical essays as well as translations of more than 30 Sanskrit plays and some classics from Sanskrit into Hindi.

He has served as Dean Faculty of Arts in Dr. Harisingh Gour University for two terms; and being the senior most professor of the University acted as the Vice-Chancellor for about six months, was twice appointed as Vice-Chancellor by Hon. Governor of M.P. for temporary periods.

He has received more than 20 national and international awards and honors for his literary contributions, including Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit Poetry and Shankar Puraskar of K.K. Birla Trust for his Natyashastravishvakosha - (in four volumes).

Teacher

Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh

Honorary Director
KM Munshi Centre for Arts
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

About

Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh is one of India’s foremost Sanskrit poets, scholars, and avadhānis. He writes and lectures extensively on various subjects pertaining to India and Indian cultural heritage.

Over 10,000 hours of his lectures on Indian culture and heritage, Indian and Western arts, and Indian and Western philosophy have been recorded. He is a master of the ancient art of avadhāna and performs it in Sanskrit, Telugu, and Kannada. He is a polyglot, well versed in 16 languages including Greek, Latin and Italian. His contributions to the field of music, dance, painting and sculpture are also enormous.

Teacher

Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi

Vice Chancellor
Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University
 

About

Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi is a stalwart scholar in the fields of Nyaya Shastra, Dvaita Vedanta and Computational Linguistics, currently holding the position of the Vice Chancellor of Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, in Ramtek, Maharashtra.

Formerly he was Honorary Dean at the Chinmaya Eswar Gurukula for Sanskrit and Indic Traditions and also Vice Chancellor (Acting) of Karnataka Sanskrit University, Bangalore. He is a scholar of Nyaya and other ancient Indian shastras.

He was one of the earliest traditional scholars who took up computer programming in the area of computational linguistics, and he has been awarded the Maharshi Badarayan Vyasa Samman by the President of India, for contributions in interdisciplinary research.

Teacher

Smt. Nirupama and Sri TD Rajendra

Artistic Directors of
Abhinava Arts Centre
 

About

Nirupama & Rajendra are one of India's foremost classical dancers. As founders of ‘Abhinava Dance Company’- one of India’s most popular and cutting-edge production houses recognized worldwide, the duo has been instrumental in introducing a great deal of innovation, creativity, enthusiasm and imagination to the realm of Classical Art.

They are not only dancers, but also story-tellers’ choreographers, teachers and producers for over 25 years with an achievement of having performed to 6 million audience and across 5 continents. Their cumulative experience and knowledge are applied to provide an immersive art experience for their spectators.

Teacher

Dr. Shobha Shashikumar

Artistic Director of
Mayuri Nrutyashala
 

About

Dr. Shobha Shashikumar is an acclaimed Bharatanṛtya danseuse, choreographer, researcher, teacher, and an author. Her special focus includes the aesthetic adoption of the technique of ‘Karaṇas’ into the ‘Bharatanāṭya Adavus’ with the backing of the concepts of Alaṅkāra-śāstra. She has made exclusive presentations in the lines of adoption of the ‘Nāṭyaśāstra Āṅgika’ to ‘Sātvika-abhinaya’ and has performed extensively as a solo artiste, Jugalbandis with senior artistes and in group productions with her own students at many major festivals and sabhās under prestigious banners which have won her rave reviews.

Her Research Productions include – Navarasa-kṛṣṇa, Poems of Kālidāsa, Kumāra-vyāsa Bhārata, Śrī Rāma Parīkṣaṇam, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Parīkṣaṇam, Dūtī-karma-prakāśa (performance aspect of the research work by Vid. Shalini Vittal) and Strī Śakti.

She is currently serving as a Faculty at the Department of Performing Art Jain University and as a Guide for the PhD programs at the University. She is also a member of the prestigious Karnataka Sangeeta Nrtya academy. She runs her dance institution ‘Mayuri Nrutyashala’ at Arekere, Bangalore. The students are taught practical classes backed by the right understanding of historical, literary, and artistic values.

Teacher

Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant

Artistic Director of
Shankarananda Kalakshetra
 

About

Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, is celebrated as one of India’s leading classical dancers, choreographers and dance scholars. Performing in the two classical styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, Ananda, imbues to the technique and grammar of her dance, a sparkling quality that bristles with life. As the Artistic Director of Shankarananda Kalakshetra, Ananda leads an acclaimed ensemble, besides training and presenting the next generation of Bharatanatyam artists. Endowed with a natural flair for team playing and organisational acumen for collaborative work, Ananda has presented some of India’s signature festivals and conferences.

Ananda holds a Master’s degree in Ancient Indian History (where she topped her university), a M.Phil in Art History and a Ph.D in Tourism. She actively lectures on breast cancer support and advocacy issues, having successfully battled the illness over the last two years. A senior officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, Ananda is currently posted in Secunderabad India.

Teacher

Prof. T. S. Sathyavathi

Musicologist
Sanskrit Professor
 

About

Prof. T. S. Sathyavthi is an Indian musicologist, performer and scholar from Bengaluru, Karnataka. She started her Carnatic classical music training under her elder sister Vasantha Madhavi and received her expertise under Shri. R. K. Srikantan in Carnatic classical vocal music.

With an interest in research-based study of music, she developed her skills under the guidance of Sangeetha Kalarathna Shri. B. V. K. Sastry in musicology and Sangeetha Kalarathna K Venkataraman in Mridangam. In a career spanning 50 years, Dr. T. S. Sathyavathi has been a performer, an academician, research-scholar, director and producer of a number of works pertaining to both Carnatic music and Sanskrit literature.

Dr. Sathyavathi served as Professor in Sanskrit until 2014, at VVS first grade college for women, Basaveshwarnagar, Bangalore. She has been a major resource person and has delivered lectures at various prestigious platforms including multiple national and international conferences. As an active academician, she was an advisory at multiple education platforms.

Coordinators

Dr. Bhaskar Bhatt Joshi
Head, Department of Nyaya and Vaisheshika

Dr. Rishidev Bhargav
Head, Department of Alankara

Ms. Medhavini
Performing Artist

About the university

Karnataka Samskrit University has been formed exclusively for the development of Sanskrit language. Sanskrit has a glorious, scientific, literary, cultural tradition and heritage. Its contribution in the area of prose, poetry, drama, dance, sculpture, paintings, fine arts, medicines, philosophy and other allied areas is far more extensive and lasting that has been realised by the Indian scholars till today.

The University has been dynamically working towards the growth of Sanskrit higher education in the state offering courses from diploma level to PhD. It is aiming towards offering programs in all fields – language, literature, culture, tradition, Vedic studies, humanities, philosophy and sciences of different disciplines – with traditional profundity and modern approach.

Frequently Asked Questions

I do not have Samskrit background. Will I be able to keep up with the course discussion?

The purpose and aim of this course is to make sure the original textual reading of Natyashastra reaches as many interested ones as possible. It is designed to ensure the participants who are not from Samskrit background can also benefit. Knowing the Samskrit language is definitely not a pre-requisite, in addition we are also offering a bridge course for a week before each level begins, for the participants to get familiar with the Samskrit language and grammar for a wholesome understanding of the text.

Is this certificate / PG-Diploma equivalent to MA degree?

No. It is a certificate course. The certificate or Diploma earned will not be equivalent to MA. However, the credits acquired from the course can be added to your MA program. The certificate/ PG-diploma provided is also recognized by the world-wide education system.

Can I discontinue after any level?

Yes. Participant may discontinue after completing any of the level. Or may also choose to join any of the level.

Is certificate provided if I attend only 1 level?

Certainly. A certificate along with credits will be provided for each or any level. However, a PG-Diploma is provided only when a participant completes all the levels.

If I miss any of the sessions, how do I catch up with the lessons?

If the participant for a valid reason is unable to attend any of the sessions, the recordings of the same shall be provided.

Are the fees mentioned in the course details for one level, or does it cover all the levels?

The fees mentioned in the course details is per each level and does not cover all the levels.

Contact

Feel free to drop an email at vyakarana@ksu.ac.in or send a message here.

For further queries, kindly contact:
+91 7975788008
+91 9845101718

Karnataka Samskrit University
Pampa Mahakavi Road,
Chamarajpet, Bangalore – 560 018.

http://ksu.ac.in/
https://sambhasha.ksu.ac.in/