Abstract

Bharata′s Nātya - S′āstram (N.S′.) is quite elaborate on the Musical instruments that are useful in dramatic sequences . In our present endeavor we just wish to briefly dwell upon the musical instruments which Bharata instructs to employ in the prelude to any drama. The totality of the stage-performance has been termed by Bharata as samgraha that has eleven components like rasa , bhāva , abhinaya , dharmi , vr tti , pravr tti , siddhi , svara , ātodya, gāna and rańga (N.S′.,6/10). Since we wish here to deal with ātodya (musical instrument or vādya), we must go for what Bharata means by the term. To him ātodya refers to four types of musical instruments like tata (stringed instrument), avanaddha (percussion instrument) ghana (beat instrument) and sushira (flute and other instrument produced from bamboo): Rkr a PkSokoUk)a Pk ?kUka Lkqf"kjeso Pk A Pkr qf ZoZËka Pk foKs ̧kekr ̈| a y{k~.kkfUore~ AA Rkr a r a=hxr a Ks ̧keoUk) a r q i©"dje~ A /kuLr q rkYk ̈ foKs ̧k% Lkqf"kj ̈ o a'k ,o Pk AA