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Nandikeshwara's Bharatarnavam can be credited as an important and influential text on Indian dance forms. It consists of a graphical explanation about the Perini dance form. Characteristic features of Perini, costumes, music instruments, behavioural regulations on the stage for performers and the panchangas, the five parts, are explained in detail by Nandikeshwara. Sarangadeva in his Sangeeta Ratnakara, Parsvadeva in his Sangeeta Samayasara, Jayappa in his Nritta Ratnavali have referred to Perini dance form, though their references do not have any resemblance to those of Nandikeshwara. They have explained the Perini dance form as it was in existence during their times at different geographical locations.
('Perini Panchangas: Reconstructions by Nataraja Ramakrishna' by Kala Krishna, Nartanam, Oct– Dec 2016)

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In ancient times, according to Acharya Parvatikumar, 200 ghungroos (bells) were tied to the left foot and only a 100 ghungroos (bells) on the right. This was because the left foot is not so frequently used and if it is, is soft, whereas the right foot is used often and loudly. Nowadays, since dancers do not have sufficient time to tie the ghungroos strung on a single thread, the buckle type ghungroos have been introduced as a convenience.
('Abhinaya Darpanam' by Sandhya Purecha, Nartanam, Oct - Dec 2019)

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This author belongs to the same Konkan region where Parvatikumar comes from. The 'Malwani' or 'Kudali' dialect that I have now lost practice of, still comes easily to the tongue of the Guru. He was perhaps the only person among my distinguished visitors to establish an intimate dialogue with my illiterate mother in the 'Kudali' dialect - the only language she could speak.
('Acharya Parvatikumar's presentation of the Abhinaya Darpanam' by S Kadam, Nartanam, Oct - Dec 2019)

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Three regions ~ Mithila, Bengal and Odisha ~ have claimed ownership of Jayadeva as son of their soil. Considerable confusion arose because of two reasons ~ existence of at least three poets and writers having the same name and the existence of three villages in three States named Kendu Bilwa, the supposed birthplace of Jayadeva.
('Jayadeva's Genius-I' by Parimal Brahma, The Statesman, Sept 25, 2024)