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instruments that are blown to produce music are called “Shushir”. Conch is in this category. Some of the dancing techniques are evident from their very names for instance dances creating shapes of alphabets of a script, to stand in the shape of svastik, shrivats, angular shape of Nandavart, toot bend down to make such shapes with movement of their hands, to twister* the body like a swan, chakravak, birds and to bend down accordingly, stand in a circle like sun, moon, constellation of stars and dance accordingly, to exhibit movements of lion, elephant, bullock, deer, horse and to exhibit their shapes in the dances can be known from the very * names of these dances. Those who perform Aarbhati dance, form a circle, place their hands on waist, then twist their waist and neck while dancing. It is also called Raas and in Gujarat it is known as Daandia.com Anchit, ribhit are such postures in the dance in which sometimes * slanting, sometimes straight, sometimes jumping, sometimes sad po adopted. Commentator Acharya Malayagırı has stated
“The dancing style were mentioned in the Poorva named Natyav Prabhrit. But the knowledge of all the (fourteen) Poorvas has since been lost. So it is not possible to locate more details about these dances" B this description certainly clarifies that in the ancient period, the art of music, dance and theatrical performance was fully developed. It was of hundreds of types. Musical instrument of several hundred types we manufactured for this purpose. Such description is also availab] Buddhist literature and Bharat Natya Shastra.
१०५. तए णं ते बहवे देवकुमारा य देवकुमारीओ य समामेव समोसरणं करेंति जाव दिव्वे देवरमणे पवत्ते यावि होत्था।
१०५. पूर्वोक्त प्रकार की नाट्यविधियों का प्रदर्शन करने के पश्चात् चरित्र से की सम्बन्धित अभिनय किया, जैसे वे सभी देवकुमार और देवकुमारियाँ एक साथ एक स्थान पर एकत्रित हुए यावत् दिव्य देवरमण (देव-क्रीडा) करने लगे।
105. After exhibiting the dancing skills, they depicted their arte relating to conduct. They collected at one place and played games of gods and goddesses. भगवान महावीर के जीवन-प्रसंगों का अभिनय
१०६. तए णं ते बहवे देवकुमारा य देवकुमारीओ य समणस्स भगवओ महावीरस्स १. पुवभवचरियणिबद्धं, २. चवणचरियणिबद्धं च, ३. संहरणचरियनिबद्धं । च, ४. जम्मणचरियनिबद्धं च, ५. अभिसेअचरियनिबद्धं च, ६. बालभावचरियनिबद्धं । रायपसेणियसूत्र
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