Nāṭyaśāstra
E115593
Indian aesthetic text
Sanskrit treatise
dramaturgical treatise
foundational text of Indian performing arts
Nāṭyaśāstra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise that systematically outlines the theory and practice of drama, dance, and music, forming a foundational text for classical Indian performing arts.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nāṭyaśāstra canonical | 4 |
| Natya Shastra | 3 |
| Natyashastra | 2 |
| Sanskrit drama | 2 |
| Bharata’s Nāṭyaśāstra | 1 |
| Nāṭya-śāstra | 1 |
| Nāṭyaśāstra as encyclopedic treatise on performing arts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T966926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nāṭyaśāstra Context triple: [Abhinavagupta, hasCommentaryOn, Nāṭyaśāstra]
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Tantrasāra
Tantrasāra is a key philosophical and theological treatise by the Kashmiri polymath Abhinavagupta that systematically presents the core doctrines of non-dual Shaiva Tantra.
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B.
Upadesasahasri
Upadesasahasri is a foundational Advaita Vedanta philosophical and instructional text traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
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C.
Dnyaneshwari
Dnyaneshwari is a 13th-century Marathi poetic commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, revered as a foundational work of Marathi literature and devotional philosophy.
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D.
Mimamsa
Mimamsa is an orthodox Hindu philosophical school that emphasizes the ritualistic interpretation of the Vedas and the primacy of dharma as revealed through sacred scripture.
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E.
Gītārthasaṅgraha
Gītārthasaṅgraha is a philosophical commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā by the Kashmiri polymath Abhinavagupta, presenting the text from a non-dual Śaiva perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nāṭyaśāstra Target entity description: Nāṭyaśāstra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise that systematically outlines the theory and practice of drama, dance, and music, forming a foundational text for classical Indian performing arts.
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A.
Tantrasāra
Tantrasāra is a key philosophical and theological treatise by the Kashmiri polymath Abhinavagupta that systematically presents the core doctrines of non-dual Shaiva Tantra.
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B.
Upadesasahasri
Upadesasahasri is a foundational Advaita Vedanta philosophical and instructional text traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
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C.
Dnyaneshwari
Dnyaneshwari is a 13th-century Marathi poetic commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, revered as a foundational work of Marathi literature and devotional philosophy.
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D.
Mimamsa
Mimamsa is an orthodox Hindu philosophical school that emphasizes the ritualistic interpretation of the Vedas and the primacy of dharma as revealed through sacred scripture.
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E.
Gītārthasaṅgraha
Gītārthasaṅgraha is a philosophical commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā by the Kashmiri polymath Abhinavagupta, presenting the text from a non-dual Śaiva perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian aesthetic text
ⓘ
Sanskrit treatise ⓘ dramaturgical treatise ⓘ foundational text of Indian performing arts ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nāṭyaśāstra
ⓘ
surface form:
Natya Shastra
Nāṭyaśāstra ⓘ
surface form:
Nāṭya-śāstra
|
| author | Bharata Muni ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
abhinaya
ⓘ
bhāva ⓘ rasa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
body postures
ⓘ
costume ⓘ gesture language ⓘ makeup ⓘ metrical patterns ⓘ musical accompaniment ⓘ props ⓘ stage design ⓘ vocal delivery ⓘ |
| definesNumberOfRasas | eight ⓘ |
| deityAssociated |
Brahma
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmā
Shiva ⓘ
surface form:
Śiva
|
| describes | four kinds of abhinaya ⓘ |
| estimatedCentury | between 2nd century BCE and 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| field |
dance theory
ⓘ
dramaturgy ⓘ musicology ⓘ performing arts theory ⓘ |
| genre | śāstra (theoretical treatise) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bharatanatyam
ⓘ
Kathak dance ⓘ
surface form:
Kathak
Kathakali ⓘ Kuchipudi ⓘ Kūṭiyāṭṭam ⓘ Odissi ⓘ Nāṭyaśāstra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sanskrit drama
|
| influencedBy | Vedic ritual traditions ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| listsAbhinayaType |
sāttvika abhinaya
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vācika abhinaya ⓘ āhārya abhinaya ⓘ āṅgika abhinaya ⓘ |
| listsRasa |
adbhuta (marvelous) rasa
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bhayānaka (terrible) rasa ⓘ bībhatsa (odious) rasa ⓘ hāsya (comic) rasa ⓘ karuṇa (pathetic) rasa ⓘ raudra (furious) rasa ⓘ vīra (heroic) rasa ⓘ śṛṅgāra (erotic) rasa ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 36 ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian classical arts canon ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hinduism ⓘ |
| subject |
aesthetics
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dance ⓘ drama ⓘ music ⓘ poetics ⓘ stagecraft ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| timePeriod | ancient India ⓘ |
| tradition | Śāstric literature ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Natya Shastra
this entity surface form:
Natya Shastra
subject surface form:
Rasa theory of aesthetics
this entity surface form:
Natyashastra
subject surface form:
Rasa theory of aesthetics
this entity surface form:
Sanskrit drama
this entity surface form:
Nāṭya-śāstra
this entity surface form:
Natya Shastra
this entity surface form:
Sanskrit drama
this entity surface form:
Nāṭyaśāstra as encyclopedic treatise on performing arts
this entity surface form:
Bharata’s Nāṭyaśāstra
this entity surface form:
Natyashastra