Alternative spellings of this word include Kohalacarya.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (ns)

Kohalācārya (कोहलाचार्य) (see Kohala) has been a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yāṣṭika, Śārdūla, Kāśyapa etc. But unfortunately, we do not have even a single work of Kohala available to us at present. The only available materials are some fragments that are scattered in lakṣaṇagranthas over centuries—such as the Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata (composed between 2nd century B.C.E. and 2nd century C.E). Kohalācārya, though a contemporary of Bharata is believed to be one of the pioneering ācaryas of the deśī tradition. [...] Some varieties of drama, wherein music and dance played a more substantial role were introduced by Kohala. They were called uparūpakas, or minor varieties of drama. Kohala-Ācārya belonged to a performing tradition that was different from Bharata’s and it appears that his system took stands quite divergent to Bharata.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Kohala ācārya (कोहल आचार्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Dattilakohalīya: Tālalakṣaṇa music. Io. 3025. 3089. He is quoted Oxf. 199^b. 201^a.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Kohala, Acarya, Acharya.

Full-text (+2): Talalakshana, Tennappanna, Bhattanayaka, Bhattalolla, Shandilya, Trishankuka, Bhoja, Svati, Shardula, Dattila, Bhuvallabha, Rukmasena, Bhapala, Devaraja, Kambala, Sadashiva, Nandikeshvara, Durgashakti, Kshatraraja, Cira.

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Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)

Part 4.3 - Bharataśāstram and Kohala < [Chapter 4 - Works attributed to Kohala]

Kohala and Nāṭya (8): Kathā and Ākhyāyikā < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]

Part 3.2 - Author of Tālalakṣaṇam < [Chapter 4 - Works attributed to Kohala]

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