|bərəd.əˈnä.tyə, -rətəˈ- noun
or bharata natyam -.tyəm
Etymology: Sanskrit bharatanāṭya, literally, Bharata's dancing, from Bharata, a sage reputed to be the author of the Natyashastra, a manual of dramatic art + -nāṭya dramatic art, dancing — more at natya
: a traditional Indian dance formerly exclusively performed by devadasis — compare kathak , kathakali , manipuri