Cuvainul, Cuvai-nul, Cuvainūl: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (natya)Cuvainūl refers to the “book on production of aesthetics” and represents the first book (nūl) of the Kūttanūl: a treatise on dance-drama and represents important piece of Tamil literature.—Cuvainūl (book on production of aesthetics) is the first book of this kind in Tamil, which connects art and language with the divine. Cuvainūl explains the divine origin of music, dance, and drama, and the evolution of sounds, shapes and emotions–both natural and aesthetic; and their manifestations in all their possibilities and limitations as a theoretical art and craft. It also explains the vettiyal (the branch relating to akam–mental or psychic aspect in the dramatic composition) and potuviyal (the branch relating to puṟam–external aspect in the dramatic composition).
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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