Word

Bharatamuni

Sanskrit

भरतमुनि

IAST

bharata muni

In General

Bharatamuni is the author of Natyasastra, the ancient text of performing arts and aesthetics. He was before Panini, so he might have lived around the year 600 B.C.E. NatyaSastra in its 36 chapters and 6000 verses deals with all aspect of the art and literature. Bharatamuni had identified 64 arts and navarasa. He has written in detail about Alamkaras, Upama, Dipaka, Rupaka and Yamaka and also about the ten requisites of a Kavya. He has not forgotten to write about the defects and demerits of Kavya also. Commentaries on Natyasastra have been written by great acharyas: Mitragupta, Harsavardhana, Sankuka, Udbhata, Bhattanayaka and Abhinavagupta. Of these the Abhinavabharati , the commentary written by Abhinavagupta is the only one freely available now.