Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Dance: the divine art
This chapter describes Dance: the divine art located on page 64 of volume Volume 1 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
The first volume presents the evolution of ideas that emerge from a broad spectrum of quests in languages such as Sanskrit, Greek and Latin (etc.) and further presents an introduction to Indonesian history, art and linguistics.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Dance: the divine art. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Dance: the divine art” according to 27 books dealing with History. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Triveni Journal
Whatever be the origins of the dance of Siva, it becomes in time the noblest image of divine activity of God, which any art or religion can boast of. ” Placing the Mother of the three worlds upon a golden throne studded with precious gems, Sulapani (One that has the trident in hand) dances on the heights of Kailas and all the gods gather round Him....
Read full contents: Semantic Attitudinisation
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) [by S. Krishnamurthy]
Even though the depiction of divine and semi-divine beings as such appear to be mythical in nature, yet the kind of musical instruments depicted along with them, like the harp, flute, tabala, tambura, conch, cymbals, lute and vina indicate they were used by the people of the Pallava period....
Read full contents: Musicians, dancers and theater artists
Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia [by Shilpa V. Sonawane]
The Karnataka coast is known for two types of art: A Traditional form of Theatre, very elegant version of the liturgical dance of the spiritual tradition and the magnificent traditions of Yakshagana, which creates a world of divine supernatural beings with all their instruments, with a display of costumes, music, dance and dialogue....
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[Volume 3 (summary)]
[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
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[Volume 7 (summary)]