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Kooththanool by Saattanaar, believed to be a
contemporary of Tolkappiar, begins with reference to Siva's dance with
Uma and Sage Agathiya being asked to write the first text on dance,
after which he traces subsequent texts, placing himself in the line of
authors on 'Kooththu'. The text has nine sub-texts, each dealing with
different aspects of dance such as rasa, body classification, landscapes
and folk dances, music, tala, some of which are available, in full or
in part. (Lakshmi Ramaswamy in 'How Lakshanagrantas and Tamil texts are relevant to dance' by Rupa Srikanth, The Hindu Friday Review, April 25, 2019) |
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Tolkappiar has discussed rasas and rasa theory. He
mentions eight rasas (no Srungara or Veera as in Natya Sastra, though
pleasure and pride may be close). Srungara is given separate treatment
with six stages of romance, three before marriage and three after
marriage. Lakshmi says his Rasa Theory details four stages of occurrence
just as modern psychology does: from outside impulse to sense organs to
nervous system to reactions on the body. Each rasa has four causatives
(vibhava). Tolkappiar details 32 Tunai Meiypadu (sub-rasas that may be
equated to vyabhichari bhavas). (Lakshmi Ramaswamy in 'How Lakshanagrantas and Tamil texts are relevant to dance' by Rupa Srikanth, The Hindu Friday Review, April 25, 2019) |
