Bharata was a muni of ancient India. He is traditionally attributed authorship of the influential performing arts treatise Natya Shastra, which covers ancient Indian dance, poetics, dramaturgy, and mu
An image of Bharata Muni at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi
Muni is a term for types of ancient Indian sages and hermits or ancient Indian ascetics. Sages of this type are said to know the truth of existence not on the basis of scientific or religious texts bu
Bharata (sage)
…Bharata (Devanagari: भरत) was a muni (sage) of ancient India. He is traditionally attributed authorship of the influential performing arts treatise Natya Shastra, which covers ancient…
The words "Bu-dhe" (the Buddha) and "Sa-kya-mu-nī " ("Sage of the Shakyas") in the Brahmi script, on Ashoka's Rummindei Minor Pillar Edict (circa 250 BCE).