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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Individuality is associated with Śukatuṇḍa-hasta: one of the twenty-two Single-hand Gestures (in Indian Dramas) (known as asaṃyuktahastas), 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.—The word śukatuṇḍa is the amalgamation of two words viz., śuka and tuṇḍa. Śuka means parrot and tuṇḍa means head. [...] According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, with this posture, one can express the individuality. The Nāṭyaśāstra also gives its viewpoint in the same spirit.
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 (+104): Prithagatmika, Vyashti, Ahamkara, Vyaktita, Vyakti, Prithagbhava, Vyaktitva, Vyastata, Svatva, Kaivalya, Parthakya, Prithakta, Vyashtisamashtita, Prithaktva, Anahankara, Vishishtata, Sakkayaditthi, Mamata, Vikarya, Attabhava.
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Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)
Text 156: On Viśeṣa < [Chapter 8 - On Viśeṣa]
Text 19 < [Chapter 3 - Similarities and Dissimilarities among Categories]
Text 154 < [Chapter 7 - On Sāmānya (Community)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 813 < [Chapter 14 - Examination of the Viśeṣa (‘ultimate’)]
Verse 1574 < [Chapter 19b - (B) On analogical cognition]
Verse 3632 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
Eight wonderful things about the great ocean < [19. Suspending the Observance (Uposathaṭṭhāpana)]
Eight wonderful things about this Dhamma and Vinaya < [19. Suspending the Observance (Uposathaṭṭhāpana)]
First recitation section < [17. Schism in an Order (Saṅghabheda)]
Dr Ananda Coomaraswamy: Thinker and Philosopher < [January - March 1977]
The Collective Man of Ancient India < [November-December 1931]
The New Way < [December 1943]
Shankaracharya and Ramana Maharshi (study) (by Maithili Vitthal Joshi)
Chapter 3.1 - Ramaṇa Maharṣi on Jīva
Chapter 3.4(c) - Means to Mokṣa (according to Ramaṇa Maharṣi)
The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux (by Satkari Mookerjee)
Chapter X - The Soul Theory of the Digambara Jainas < [Part I - Metaphysics]
Chapter XII - The Soul-theory of the Vātsīputrīyas < [Part I - Metaphysics]
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