Ānanda Naṭana Prakāśam
Ananda Natana Prakasham
Kēdāram rāga · Miśra Chāpu tāla·kshetra
Ānanda naṭana prakāśam citsabhēśam
Theme
The radiance of joyful dance — Cidambaram-Naṭarāja
A deeper bhāva note is being authored by our musicologist; this short theme stands in until then.
Sahitya
Ānanda naṭana prakāśam, citsabhēśam āśraye, śiva-kāmavalli-mānasa-vāsam
I take refuge in the lord of the hall of consciousness (Cit-sabhā), illumined by joyful dance — who dwells in the heart of Śiva-Kāmavalli (Pārvatī).
Five-fold dance of Naṭarāja at Cidambaram — creation, sustenance, dissolution, concealment, grace
The body of the kṛti enumerates the pañca-kṛtya (five cosmic acts) embodied in Śiva's dance: sṛṣṭi, sthiti, saṃhāra, tirobhāva, anugraha. Closes with the Guruguha mudrā.
Tāla — Miśra Chāpu
7-beat asymmetric (3 + 2 + 2). Famous: O Rangaśāyī, Akṣayaliṅgavibhō.
7 beats per āvarta · this notation spans 6 cycle(s)
Paramparā
Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarśinī (1904)