BHARATAM NOTES(Grade 3)

K.RAMYAVARSHINI
BHARATANATYAM
(GRADE 3 THEORY) PROJECT
SREE SARASVATI DANCE
CENTRE







Å£ÃòмÛõ ¯ì¸¢ÃÓõ ¬ñ¨Á§Â¡Î
¬ÎÅÐ ¾¡ñ¼Åõ ¬Ìõ. ¾¡ñ¼Åò¨¾
º¢Å¦ÀÕÁ¡ý ¯Õš츢 ¬ÊÔûÇ¡÷.108
¾¡ñ¼Åí¸û,64 ¾¡ñ¼Åí¸û ÁüÚõ ºô¾
¾¡ñ¼Åí¸û º¢Å¦ÀÕÁ¡É¡ø ¬¼ô¦ÀüÈÐ.

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Thandavam is a majestic,masculine and
vigorous from of dance.Thandavam was
danced by Lod Shiva.108 Thandavas,64
Thandavas and Saptha Thandavas was
danced by Lod Shiva.



¿Ç¢ÉÁ¡¸×õ «Æ¸¡¸×õ ¬ÎÅÐ Ä¡ŠÂÁ¡Ìõ.
¸¼×û À¡÷ž¢ §¾Å¢ þ¾¨É ÀþÓÉ¢ÅÕìÌ
º¢Å¦ÀÕÁ¡ý ÓýÉ¢¨Ä¢ø «Êì¸üÚì
¦¸¡Îò¾¡÷.

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Dancing with sweet and beauty is lasyam.God
Parvati Devi teach Bharata munivar in front of
Lod Shiva.

ƒ¡¾¢/Jaathi ±ñ½¢ì¨¸/ «ì„Ãõ/
Number of Aksaram
ºÐŠÃõ/ counts
Chatusram
¾¢ŠÃõ/ 44
Thisram 33
Á¢ŠÃõ/ 77
Misram 55
¸ñ¼õ/ 99
Kandam
ºí¸£÷½õ/
Sankeernam

ƒ¡¾¢ ³óРŨ¸ôÀÎõ.«¨Å
ºÐŠÃõ(¿¡ýÌ),¾¢ŠÃõ(ãýÚ),
Á¢ŠÃõ(²Ø),¸ñ¼õ(³óÐ) ÁüÚõ
ºí¸£÷Éõ(´ýÀÐ) ¬Ìõ.

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There are 4 types jaathi and they called
panjajaathi.The jaathis’s are
chatusram(4),thisram(3),misram(7),kandam(5)
and sankeernam(9).



¸Õò¾üÈ àö¨ÁÂ¡É ¦º¡ø ƒ¾¢
±ÉôÀÎõ.þ¨Å ¦º¡ü¸ðθǡ¸
þÕìÌõ.¾¡,¾£ ÁüÚõ ¦¾¡õ §À¡ýÈ ¦º¡ü¸û
¾¡Çò¾¢ý «ÇÅ¢üÌû «Æ̼ý ¦À¡Õò¾¢
¯îºÃ¢ôÀ¾¡Ìõ.

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Jathi,which is pure in form and without any
expressed words,comes as Solkattu.The words
like Thaa,Thee and Thom are framed with
beauty into the beats of Thalam and
prononounced as jaathi.

¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI
¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI
¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI
¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI ¾¸¾¢Á¢/TAKATIMI

¾¡Çõ §À¡Îõ ºÁÂò¾¢ø ¾ð¼ôÀθ¢ýÈ ´ù¦Å¡Õ
¾ðθ¨ÇÔõ «„Ãõ ±ý¸¢ý§È¡õ.þó¾ «„Ãí¸û
´ù¦Å¡ýÈ¢Öõ ´§Ã «Çר¼Â ÌÈ¢ôÀ¢ð¼ «Ç×ûÇ
±ØòÐì¸û ÅÕõ.þ¨Å Àﺃ¡¾¢Â¢ø ²§¾Ûõ ´ýÈ¡¸§Å
þÕìÌõ.þÅü¨È “¸¾¢” ±ý¸¢ýÈÉ÷.þ¨Å ´ù¦Å¡Õ
«„ÃòÐìÌõ 4,3,7,5,9 ±ýÚ ÅÕõ §À¡Ð þÅü¨È ӨȧÂ
ºÐŠÃ¸¾¢,¾¢ŠÃ¸¾¢,Á¢ŠÃ¸¾¢,¸ñ¼¸¾¢ ÁüÚõ ºí¸£÷½¸¾¢ ¬Ìõ.

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The strokes that are made while perfoming Thalam is called
Aksharam.These Aksharams will countain particular letters of the
same measurement and they will be any of the one found in
Panchajaathi.They are called “Gathi”,When counted 4,3,7,5,9 to
each Aksharam,they are known as
Chatusraghathi,Thisraghathi,Misraghathi,Khantaghathi and
Sankeernaghathi.



¦º¡ø¸ðÎ þÕ Å¨¸ÀÎõ.«¨Å(«¼×î ¦º¡ø)
ÁüÚõ (ƒ¾¢î ¦º¡ø) ¬Ìõ.«¼×¸ÙìÌ ¨¾
¾¢Ð¨¾ ±ýÚ ¯À§Â¡¸¢ô§À¡õ.«¨Å§Â
§Á¨¼¸Ç¢ø ¸¢¼¾¸¾Ã¢¸¢¼§¾¡õ,¾¾¢í¸¢½¦¾¡õ ±Û
¯À§Â¡¸¢ô§À¡õ.

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There are 2 types of solkattu.1 is adavu sol and 2
is jathi sol.Adavu sol is using during
classes.Example:Thai Tit Tit Thai.Jathi sol is using
during performance in the stage.Example:Kidataka
tarikida thom/tating kina thom.

«í¸õ/Angam

¯ôÀ¡í¸õ/Upangam
À¢Ã¢ò¾¢Âí¸õ/Prtiangam

«¼× ±ýÀÐ ¬Î¾ø,«ù×¾ø
¬Ìõ.«í¸õ,¯À¡í¸õ,À¢Ã¢ò¾¢Âí¸õ þÅüÈ¢ý
¾¡Çò§¾¡Î ÜÊ «¨º×¸û «¼×
¬Ìõ.¿¡ðÊÂò¾¢ý ¬ÃõÀ ¸¡Ä À¢üº¢Â¢ý §À¡Ð
ãýÚ ¸¡Äí¸Ç¢ø À¢üº¢ «Ç¢ì¸ôÀÎõ.«¨Å º×ì¸ì
¸¡Äõ,Áò¾¢ÂÁì ¸¡Äõ,Ðâ¾ ¸¡Äõ ¬Ìõ.

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It can contisistsof short ryythmic sequences of
coordinated movements of anga,pratyanga and
upanga.An adavu is practiced in three
speeds.slow,medium and fast.We call it as
Savukka kalam,Madhyama kalam and Dhuritha
kalam.



þ¨º ÁüÚõ ¿¼É ¿¢¸ú¢ø À¡¼ø ¬¼ø
ÐÅì¸ò¾¢ý §À¡Ðõ ÓÊÅ¢ý §À¡Ðõ
À¢Ã§Â¡¸¢ì¸ôÀθ¢ÈÐ.þ¨Å ±ÎôÒò ¾£÷Á¡Éõ
ÁüÚõ ÓÊôÒ ¾£÷Á¡Éõ ¬Ìõ.

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It is the particular lind of adavu which is
repeated thrice or in multiples of three at the
end of a Jathi or dance
sequence.Theermanam:is applied at the
beginning or ending.They are Eduppu
Theermanam and Mudippu Theermanam.



¿¢Õò¾õ ÓüÈ¢Öõ «Äí¸¡ÃÁ¡ÉÐ.þ¾¢ø «¨º×¸û
±ó¾¦Å¡Õ ¸Õò¨¾Ôõ Å¢ÇìÌŧ¾¡,±ó¾ô ¦À¡Õû
«øÄРúò¨¾Ôõ ¦¾Ã¢Å¢ôÀ§¾¡ þø¨Ä.þÐ
«ÕÅÁ¡ÉÐ,¸¨ÄîͨÅ¢ø «Æ¸¡ÉÐ.þíÌ ¿¼Éì
¸¨Ä»÷ þì¸¨Ä ÅÊÅ¢ý «Æ¨¸ ¦ÅÇ¢ôÀÎòÐõ
Ũ¸Â¢ø «¨º×¸Ç¢ý Ũ¸¸¨Ç ¦ÅÇ¢ôÀÎòи¢È¡÷.

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Dance steps and mudras are meaning less.

Where the movements and poses of the hands etc.
are not intended to convey any meaning,but only
serve to add grace and variety of form(karna) to a
dance and rhythm,and is expressed in form of adavu.



¿¢ÕòÂõ ±ýÀÐ Ãºí¸¨ÇÔõ ¯½÷׸¨ÇÔõ
º¢ò¾Ã¢ôÀ§¾¡Î ܼ ÄÂòмý ¬ð¼Óõ þ¨½ó¾Ð
¬Ìõ.¿¡ðÊÂò¾¢ø,þùŨ¸Â¡É
¦ºö¾¢ò¦¾¡¼÷Ò,«À¢¿Âõ ±ýÚ
«¨Æì¸ôÀθ¢ÈÐ.¿¢Õò¾õ + «À¢¿ÂÓõ þ¨½óÐ
¬ÎÅо¡ý ¿¢Õò¾¢Âõ ±ÉôÀθ¢ÈÐ.

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Visual representation by physical gestures only is
known as “Marga Nrithya”(classical visual
respresentation of ideas in a musical
composition).The body should catch up with the
tune,the hands must explain the meaning,the eyes
must express the emotion,and the feet must beat
the time measure.

þÂø/Prose

þ¨º/Music
¿¡¼¸õ/Drama

¿¡ðÊÂõ ±ýÀÐ þÂø,þ¨º ÁüÚõ ¿¡¼¸õ
ãýÈ¢ý §º÷쨸¡Ìõ.¿¢Õò¾õ,¿¢ÕòÂõ,¾òåÀ
¿ÊôÒ þ¨½óÐ ¿¡ðÊÂõ ¬Ìõ.

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Nattiyam is a combination of prose, music and
drama.The addition of Nirutham, Niruthiyam and
realistic acting make Nattiyam

கை¸¨Çô பயன்படுத்¾¢

வெளிப்பாடு ¦ºö¾ø(கை

கைகைைள் பபான்றகெ)

/Expression by the use of limbs (like
hand gestures)

¦º¡ü¸¨Çô ÀÂýÀÎò¾¢ ¦ÅÇ¢ôÀ¡Î
¦ºö¾ø

Expression conveyed thorough the use of
words(like poetry and drama)

¯¨¼,¬À÷½õ,§Á¨¼ «Äí¸Ã¢ôÒ ãÄõ
¦ÅÇ¢À¡Î ¦ºö¾ø.

Expression through makeup,costure
oranments and stage properties.

¯½÷׸Ǣý ãÄõ ¦ÅÇ¢À¡Î ¦ºö¾ø.

Expression conveyed through emotions or
feelings.



¨¸¸Ç¢ý ¿£ð¼ø,Á¼ì¸ø,¯Â÷ò¾ø,¾¡úò¾ø
¨º¨¸¸Ç¢ý ÒÄôÀ¡Î Óò¾¢¨Ã ¬Ìõ.´Õ ¸Õò¨¾
¨¸¸Ç¢ý «¨º×¸Ç¡ø ¦ÅÇ¢ôÀÎòÐÅÐ
¬Ìõ.´ü¨Èì ¨¸ Óò¾¢¨Ã,þÃð¨¼ì ¨¸
Óò¾¢¨Ã,¿¢Õò¾ Óò¾¢¨Ã,º¢üÀ Óò¾¢¨Ã ÁüÚõ Áó¾¢Ã
Óò¾¢¨Ã ±Éô ÀÄŨ¸ôÀθ¢ýÈÉ.

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Mudhras are the symbols that signal the
stretching,folding,lifting and lowering of the dancer’s
hands.Here,a meaning is expressed by hand
gestures.The mudhras are of many types namely,Single
hand mudra,Double hand mudhra,Nirutha mudhra,Sirpa
mudhra and Mandra mudhra.



(¯Ä¸ ÅÆìÌ)¯½÷¸¨Ç ¾òåÀÁ¡¸
¿ÊòÐì ¸¡ðÎÅÐ §Ä¡¸ ¾÷Á¢ ¬Ìõ.

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The gesticulations modified so as to portray
universal incidents related to men and
women,genuinly and without any changes is
called loka Dharmi.



(¿¡¼¸ ÅÆìÌ) ¯½÷¸¨Ç ¨º¨¸¸Ç¢ý
(Óò¾¢¨Ã¸û)ãÄõ ÒÄôÀÎòÐÅÐ ¬Ìõ.

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Natya Dharmi is the portrayal of the
worldly activites which comprise of happiness
and grief,through the movements of the
limbs.



«¼×¸¨Ç ¬¼ ¯¼Ä¢ý «í¸í¸û
ÀÂýÀÎò¾ôÀÎõ,ÓШ¸ ¿ýÈ¡¸ ¿¢Á¢÷ò¾¢, §¾¡û¸¨Ç
þÂü¨¸Â¡¸ ¿¢Úò¾¢ þÕ ÓÆí¨¸¸¨ÇÔõ
§¾¡û¸ÙìÌ §¿Ã¡¸ þÕò¾¢,Å¢ü¨È ¯û§Ç
þØòÐì ¨¸¸¨Ç Á¡÷ÒìÌ §¿§Ã ´Õ º¡ñ ¾ûÇ¢
¨ÅòÐ, ¸¡ø¸û þÎôÒìÌ §¿Ã¡¸ Àì¸Å¡ðÊø
ŢâòÐ À¢üº¢ ¦ÀȧÅñÎõ,þ¾¨É§Â «í¸ Íò¾õ
±ý¸¢ýÈÉ÷.

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Anga Sudham it is an important factor in the
execution of which brings out the purity of line
and beauty of the movement.