Bhagavana Mahavira

SR No.: 002027
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chauthmal Maharaj
Publisher: Jainoday Pustak Prakashan Samiti Ratlam
Publication Year: 1942
Total Pages: 630
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, & Biography
File Size: 12 MB

Page 68

Bhagawan Mahavir )
[ 35
(4) "NATTAM” OR THE ART OF DANCING: This art
consisted in various modes of dancing in accordance with Swars and Tales or sounds and beatings of hand. On one hand this art was a means of recreation to other people and on the other hand this was of great benefit to the dancer himself. For instance he could walk on the string etc. balancing his body quite lightly; he could walk across the deepest and the widest river easily without plauging his body into the stream; he could walk on the flames of the fire without being hurt; and he could walk across the thinnest possible cloth held by men above the ground in such a way that neither the cloth was torn in to pieces nor the people holding it felt his weight, nor he
himself fell on the ground. (5) "GITKALA” OR THE ART OF SINGING:-By means
of this art it could be easily known which of the Swars should be tuned at a particular time and what would be its influence on Nature and the material world. It was on account of this art that the Six Rags and Thirty Six Raginies come into existance in this world. Many performances which require a large sum of money and help of big machines for their performance today were performed in those days with the help of this art of singing. For instances, rainfall was actually caused by singing the Malhara Raga. And darkness was expelled from an unlighted place by singing the Dipaka Raga. There was a kind of Raga (song) by singing which stone could be melted into liquid then extracted from the stomach. In other words, we can say that the people in those days knew how to bring the mind in harmony with Nature. This art is loved by all; for nature herself is musical.