Natyashastra | 09 Dec 2019

Recently, a three-day festival on Natyasastra was organised in Chennai (Tamil Nadu).

Natyashastra, in full Bharata Natyashastra, is a detailed treatise and handbook on dramatic art that deals with all aspects of classical Sanskrit theatre.
It is believed to have been written by the mythic Brahman sage and priest Bharata (200 BC – 200 AD).
Its many chapters contain detailed treatments of all the diverse arts that are embodied in the classical Indian concept of the drama, including dance, music, poetics, and general aesthetics.
It is also known as the fifth veda as it has been evolved by taking words from the Rigveda, music from the Samaveda, gestures from the Yajurveda and emotions from the Atharvaveda.