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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Sthitapāṭhya (स्थितपाठ्य) refers to one of the twelve types of lāsya, or “gentle form of dance” according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 20. These various lāsya are presented as a specific type of dramatic play (nāṭya) similar to that of the Bhāṇa type

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Sthitapāṭhya (स्थितपाठ्य).—One of the twelve types of lāsya;—If a separated woman burning with the fire of love, recites anything in Prakrit while resting on her seat, it is an instance of the Sthita-pāṭhya.

Source: svAbhinava: Abhinavagupta’s Treatment of the lāsyāṅgas

Sthitapāṭhya (स्थितपाठ्य).—One of the ten type of lāsyāṅga, or ‘elements of the gentle dance’;—In it the lady, having her body afflicted by the force of love, due to separation, recites Prakrit speech full of sentiment, while in a standing posture. Abhinava points out that even in lāsya there is recitation, which is prominently me ant for the entertainment of the King or the Deity. Captivating the mind is achieved by the poet with recitation also, employing it in the interval for the sake of striki ngness. Even while standing, she recites as if she were seated. This strikingness is the extraordinary part of the entertainment belonging to the recitation. This much part of the lāsyāṅga seen in the popular life is used (in the play). It is indicative of passion.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sthitapāṭhya (स्थितपाठ्य).—recitation in Prākṛta by a woman while standing.

Derivable forms: sthitapāṭhyam (स्थितपाठ्यम्).

Sthitapāṭhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthita and pāṭhya (पाठ्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthitapāṭhya (स्थितपाठ्य).—n.

(-ṭhyaṃ) Ricitation in Prakrit by a standing woman.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthitapāṭhya (स्थितपाठ्य):—[=sthita-pāṭhya] [from sthita > sthā] n. (in [dramatic language]) recitation in Prākṛt by a woman standing, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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Sthitapathya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)

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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)

Chapter XX - Ten Kinds of Play (daśarūpa)

Chapter XXXI - On the Time-measure (tāla)

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