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with it, he introduced in Kerala a similar art from in the name of
Mohiniy膩峁�峁璷m. No wonder, therefore, being a devotee and expert in such
forms of art accompanied by facial expressions and various physical
attitudes combined with hastamudras, the Mah膩r膩ja thought it fit to
compose a treatise on the Natya called the BRB, in his own name.
CONTENTS AND SOURCES OF THE BRB
The work contains the abhinayas of various parts of the body
such as angas, up膩ngas and pratyangas, as the main divisions.
Accepting r膩ga and t膩岣穉 as the external means of expressing bh膩vas, the
author deals in detail with the various gestures giving definitions and
applications to one and all of them.
DIVISION OF CONTENTS.
1. P弄RVAP莫峁琀IK膧
At the beginnig of the work the author gives us an introductory
portion, which contains the mangal膩cara峁嘺 or invocatory performance
in verse in praise of Unnatan峁泃ta Vin膩yaka, Na峁璦r膩ja, P膩rvat墨 in dancing
posture and 艢ri Padman膩bha, who appeared as a dancing child before
Div膩karamuni. The granth膩rambhapratij帽膩 or the statement of the
beginning of the work, praises Vanci kingdom with reference to the
author's remote ancestors as already been referred elsewhere and a
reference to the author himself, and his accomplishments
(granthak峁泃prasasti). This kind of introductory portion at the beginning
of a work is generally called p奴rvapi峁環ik膩.