AnnamacharyaTallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu : తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) (IAST: taḷḷapāka annamācārya; 22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a legendary musician, composer and a Hindu saint. He is one of the greatest musicians and song writers. He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas. His devotional sankirtanas were in the praise of Venkateswara, a form of Lord Vishnu.
VyasatirthaVyāsatīrtha (. 1460 – 1539), also called Vyasaraja or Chandrikacharya, was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the patron saint of the Vijayanagara Empire, Vyasatirtha was at the forefront of a golden age in Dvaita which saw new developments in dialectical thought, growth of the Haridasa literature under bards like Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa and an amplified spread of Dvaita across the subcontinent.
Kanaka DasaKanaka Dasa (1509–1609) was a Haridasa saint and philosopher, popularly called Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ). He was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician. He is known for his keertanas and ugabhoga, and his compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music. Like other Haridasas, he used simple Kannada and native metrical forms for his compositions. Kanaka Dasa was born into a Kannada Kuruba (shepherd) family in Baada village, near Bankapura in Karnataka, and was a warrior at the Bankapura fort.
TyagarajaTyagaraja (4 mai 1767 - 6 janvier 1847), également connu sous le nom de Tyāgayya, est un compositeur renommé de musique carnatique, une forme de musique classique indienne. Il est prolifique et très influent dans le développement de la tradition de la musique classique indienne. Tyagaraja et ses contemporains, Shyama Shastri et Muthuswami Dikshitar, sont considérés comme la Trinité de la musique carnatique. Il compose des milliers de chansons de dévotion, la plupart en télougou et à la louange de Râma, dont beaucoup restent populaires de façon contemporaine.
SripadarajaSripadaraja (श्रीपादराज; ) or Sripadaraya, also known by his pontifical name Lakshminarayana Tirtha (1422 - 1480), was a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, scholar and composer and the pontiff of the Madhvacharya mutt at Mulbagal. He is widely considered the founder of Haridasa movement along with Narahari Tirtha. He has influenced both Carnatic music and Hindustani music through his compositions. His songs and hymns, written under the mudra of Ranga Vitthala, contain the distillation of Dvaita principles infused with mysticism and humanism.
Bol (music)A bol is a standardized mnemonic syllable used in North Indian classical music to define the tala, or rhythmic pattern. Bol is derived from the Hindi word bolna (बोलना), which means "speak." One who learns to play the tabla or pakhavaj (or pakhawaj) drum is taught to recite the rhythms as bols, which can be quite complex. Bol is analogous to konnakol, which is used to recite rhythms for the mridangam drum in Carnatic music, which is South Indian classical music.
MohiniattamLe Mohiniyattam (également appelé Mohiniattam ou mohiniattom, en malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം), littéralement « danse de l’enchanteresse », est une danse sacrée pratiquée dans le sud-ouest de l'Inde. C'est une des huit formes de la danse classique indienne. Le terme Mohiniyattam provient des mots Mohini qui signifie « la femme qui charme la vue » et attam qui désigne la grâce des mouvements. Ainsi, « Mohiniyattam » peut être traduit par « danse de l'enchanteresse ». Jadis, le Mohiniattam était pratiqué par les devadâsî dans les temples du Kerala.
GurukulaA gurukul or gurukulam (gurukul) is a type of education system in ancient India with shishya ('students' or 'disciples') living near or with the guru in the same house for a period of time where they learn and get educated by their guru. tradition by contrast, the word Guru has a very restricted use and not generally applied to individual teachers, while the institution of Gurdwara has a major social role instead of a monastic one.) The word gurukula is a combination of the Sanskrit words guru ('teacher' or 'master') and kula ('family' or 'home').
DhrupadLe dhrupad (abréviation populaire de dhruva-pāda) : "dhruva" signifie fixe, pemanent comme l'étoile polaire "dhruv star" en anglais, et "pada" le texte poétique. Le style classique, dhrupad, se développa sous l’impulsion de Râjâ Mân Singh (1486-1525) à Gwalior. Il fut perfectionné par de célèbres musiciens tels que Haridâsa Swâmî et son fameux disciple Tansen à la cour de l’empereur Akbar. C’est ce style qui s'est perpétué jusqu'à nos jours, entre autres grâce à la tradition dagarvani, qui s'est développée sur vingt générations.
Seuna (Yadava) dynastyThe Seuna, Sevuna, or Yadavas of Devagiri (IAST: Seuṇa, 1187–1317) was a Medieval Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river in the south, in the western part of the Deccan region. Its territory included present-day Maharashtra, North Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh, from its capital at Devagiri (present-day Daulatabad in modern Aurangabad district, Maharashtra). The Yadavas initially ruled as feudatories of the Western Chalukyas.
