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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)The number Three is associated with Tripatāka-hasta: one of the twenty-two Single-hand Gestures (in Indian Dramas) (known as asaṃyuktahastas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The word tripatāka itself identifies the importance of the number three. According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa in tripatākahasta, three fingures should be straightened in a patākahasta where the ring finger is bent. Abhinavagupta also keeps his view point in the same way
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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Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(e). Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numerical Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
10. The Characteristic of Non-Self (anattā) < [Chapter 4 - Philosophy of Language in the Five Nikāyas]
2. The Buddhist Pāli Tipiṭaka (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
A Heart Released (by Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera)
A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas (by Sujin Boriharnwanaket)
Chapter 6 - Different Aspects of the Four Paramattha Dhammas < [Part 1 - General Introduction]
Chapter 1 - The Scriptures And Their Commentaries < [Part 1 - General Introduction]
Chapter 2 - The Buddha < [Part 1 - General Introduction]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section 2.21 (twenty-first khaṇḍa) (four texts) < [Chapter 2 - Second Adhyāya]
Section 6.4 (fourth khaṇḍa) (seven texts) < [Chapter 6 - Sixth Adhyāya]
Section 4.17 (seventeenth khaṇḍa) (ten texts) < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Adhyāya]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
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