A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Gandharva-veda
This page describes Gandharva-veda which is located on page 609 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Gati in Theory and Practice [by Dr. Sujatha Mohan]
Thus, many references to the music, dance and drama are seen from the Vedic age. Among the four upavedas, the Gandharva Veda is the science of music that embraces a wide sphere of dancing, singing, acting, playing on the instruments and so on. The Gandharva Veda is the Upaveda of Samaveda. Natyashastra refers to music as gandharva....
Read full contents: References to drama, dance and music in Sanskrit literature
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
It was part of the Veda, the primordial knowledge. We arc all familiar that the Vedas had their Upavedas too. Sthapatya-shastra is one of the Upavedas, the auxiliary parts of the Veda. It was recounted as an applied knowledge subordinated to Atharava Veda just as Ayur-Veda is attached to Rig-Veda, Dhanur-Veda attached to Yajur-Veda and Gandharva-Veda attached to Sama-veda. Prof. Stella Kramrisch has very aptly brought out this ancient character of the science (see H....
Read full contents: (ii) The Architecture (Sthapatya)
Shukra Niti by Shukracharya [by Benoy Kumar Sarkar]
(* 16) gandharvaveda—Is thus the science of music both vocal (kantha) and instrumental (tantri)....
Read full contents: Chapter 4.3 - The Arts and Sciences
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