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kuthu means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: archive.org: Journal of the Madras University, vol.28 (history)Kuthu possibly refers to a type of “dance-drama”.—In South India of this period we hear largely only about the kuthu though many varieties of it are described in the poems of the day. What was the excellence reached by the Tamil drama vis-a-vis the Western drama of the times it is not easy to compute. Still it would appear that the kuthu of the Tamils was more in the nature of the troubadour’s art than anything else. But the troubadours themselves appear to have reached a greater excellence than what was attained by the Roman minstrels of the time, if we judge from the prominence given in the Sangam poems to the panar or wandering minstrel and even more from the large royal patronage commanded by these men.
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Starts with (+34): Kuthuma, Kuthumi, Kuthumin, Kuthumismriti, Kuthuna, Kuthupidari, Kuthurke, Kuttu, Kuttu-kalitu, Kuttuccantai, Kuttukkal, Kuttukkampi, Kuttukkampu, Kuttukkarai, Kuttukkaran, Kuttukkarantai, Kuttukkari, Kuttukkattai, Kuttukkol, Kuttukkompu.
Ends with (+68): Akakkuttu, Akkuttu, Alakukuttu, Alarkuttu, Allikkuttu, Alukkuttu, Amutukuttu, Ankuttu, Ariyakkuttu, Ataikuttu, Avinayakkuttu, Cankutu, Cantikuttu, Cantukuttu, Cenkuttu, Cettaikuttu, Cevikkuttu, Cilkkaikkuttu, Cirankukuttu, Cuvacakkuttu.
Full-text (+67): Kuttuval, Kampakkuttu, Kuttukkompu, Vicarccitai, Kurakkuttu, Kuttirumal, Toriyam, Ulikkuttu, Kuttukkarantai, Karakettiram, Alamappu, Patinoratal, Nilal-attapavai, Mullu-kuttinakantamalai, Tamilakkuttu, Akaciyam, Cittirakuntali, Cantatantavam, Vilakkiyarkuttu, Kalaikkuttu.
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Theru Kuthu (Street Drama) < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Depiction of Dance < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Musicians, dancers and theater artists < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Puppetry in India (d): Shadow puppet < [Chapter 2]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 12 - Society in the Līlāvatī-Vīthī < [Chapter 7 - Vīthī (critical study)]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kamarasavalli < [Chapter IV - Temples of Sundara Chola’s Time]