Question

different plays of natyasastra

Answer 1

the graceful, the energetic, the grand and the verbal......

Answer 2

Answer: Cultural plays, political plays, plays against british raj etc are the  different types of plays as elucidated in the natyashastra.

•    Its many chapters contain detailed treatments of all the diverse arts that are embodied in the classical Indian concept of the drama.
• Including dance, music, poetics, and general aesthetics.
• Its primary importance lies in its justification of Indian drama as a vehicle of religious enlightenment.
• There are 6000 slokas in natyashastra.
• Natyashastra was wrote by bharata muni.
• There are 6000 poetic verses in natyashastra.
• The word natya derives from the sanskrit root, which means to dance.
• Natya comes also the term nata meaning usually the actor even though its primary meaning is dancer.
• The natya sastra is notable as an ancient encyclopedic treatise on the arts.
• The composition date of natyashastra is unknown, estimates vary between 500 BCE to 500 CE.