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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)(Asking) Questions is associated with Ākasmika: one of the “seven movements of the head” (in Sanskrit Dramas), as conveyed through Āṅgikābhinaya: one of the four divisions of Abhinaya or “ways to convey or represent one’s emotion to others”, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra and 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 āṅgikābhinaya includes the histrionic representation of the limbs which is simply known as physical gestures. In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, seven types of movements of the head are recorded. Ākasmika denotes giving lecture, asking questions and natural talk.
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 (+1829): Anuyoga, Prashna, Prashnika, Priccha, Paripriccha, Pratiprashna, Anuyojana, Prahelika, Atiprashna, Prashnopanishad, Pariprashna, Samprashna, Anuprashna, Puccha, Patipuccha, Prashnisu, Prashnakhyana, Kathanta, Prashnakatha, Antaraprashna.
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Vinaya Pitaka (4): Parivara (by I. B. Horner)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Sakka’s Questions and the Buddha’s Answers (prologue) < [Chapter 39 - How the Āṭānāṭiya Paritta came to be Taught]
Part 3 - The Buddha’s Discourse to Sakka (conclusion) < [Chapter 39 - How the Āṭānāṭiya Paritta came to be Taught]
The Second Isidatta Sutta < [Chapter 45a - The Life Stories of Male Lay Disciples]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.365 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.539-540 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.367 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Taittiriya Upanishad (by A. Mahadeva Sastri)
Chapter I - Questions < [B - Brahmavidyā Explained]
Chapter XI - Brahman the Self < [B - Brahmavidyā Explained]
Chapter VII - Māyā and Īśvara < [A - Brahmavidyā expounded]
Vinaya Pitaka (2): Bhikkhuni-vibhanga (the analysis of Nun’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Nuns’ Expiation (Pācittiya) 45
Nuns’ Formal Meeting (Saṅghādisesa) 11
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 4, Chapter 14 < [Khandaka 4 - The Settlement of Disputes among the Fraternity]
Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 12 < [Khandaka 6 - On Dwellings and Furniture]
Cullavagga, Khandaka 10, Chapter 17 < [Khandaka 10 - On the Duties of Bhikkhunis]
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