Durmilita, Durmilitā, Dur-milita: 1 definition
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Durmilitā (दुर्मिलिता) (also Durmilikā) refers to a genre of performance in ancient Indian art of dance and theater, according to Bhoja’s Śṛṅgāraprakāśa (11, p. 466).—Accordingly, “The female messenger secretly betrays a clandestine affair or presents a description, through vulgar stories, of the passion between two young people. She, who belongs to a lower caste, dispenses counselling on that matter and begs for goods, and as soon as she has received [them] she longs to receive [more]. [When such is the content of the performance, the genre] is called Durmilitā”.
Note: Raghavan (1978: 549, n. 1) quotes the opinion of Bhayani, according to whom the name of the genre would be a Sanskritization of Ḍombalikā—appearing also as ḍombilī/ḍombilikā in narrative sources in Prakrit—and both would correspond to the Ḍombikā referred to several times in the Abhinavabhāratī (Bhayani 1993: 27–28). [...] A later treatise, Śāradātanaya’s Bhāvaprakāśana (first half of the 13th c.), lists the Ḍombī and the Durmallikā (a variant of Durmilitā/Durmilikā) as separate genres complete with their own definitions
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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Full-text: Durmallika, Dombalika, Dombilika, Dombili, Durmilika, Dombi.
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