Dashavataranritya, Daśāvatāranṛtya, Dashavatara-nritya: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Daśāvatāranṛtya can be transliterated into English as Dasavataranrtya or Dashavataranritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Daśāvatāranṛtya (दशावतारनृत्य) refers to the “dance-style of the ten incarnations” (of Lord Viṣṇu) to which are assign various hand gestures (in Indian Dramas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—In the Hindu scriptures, different stories are found, related to lord Viṣṇu, where we find the magnanimity of different incarnations of lord Viṣṇu. Moreover, a great influence of these ten incarnations of lord Viṣṇu seems to fall in the field of Dance also. In every classical Dance form of India, the daśāvatāranṛtya is seen to perform in a graceful way. The gestures and postures used in daśāvatāranṛtya are suggestive of the forms of incarnations.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
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Partial matches: Nritya, Dashavatara.
Full-text: Dashavatara, Ten incarnations.
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