Abstract Invocatory practices hold a significant place in Indian classical dance, yet their possible role in preparing aesthetic consciousness warrants closer investigation. Beyond their devotional and ceremonial significance, this study examines whether ritualised openings may facilitate Manomukura, the clarified mirror of the mind associated with aesthetic receptivity in Sanskrit poetics....
Abstract This paper analyzes the somatosensory and cognitive mechanisms through which a solo Bharatanāṭyam dancer establishes relational presence across an empty stage. Bridging classical Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) with European movement phenomenology and 4E cognitive science (embodied, embedded, extended and enactive), this inquiry examines the aesthetic principle of manomukura (the...
Abstract This practice-as-research (PaR) investigation examines the somato-cognitive architecture of solo Bharatanatyam, focusing on the real-time execution of split consciousness (Saṃvit-Dvaidha), motor automatization, and multi-character role assumption (Pātrāveśa) on an empty stage. Integrating traditional Sanskrit dramaturgical treatises (Nāṭyaśāstra, Abhinayadarpaṇa) with enactive 4E...