Parshvajanu, 笔腻谤艣惫补箩腻苍耻, Parshva-janu: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 笔腻谤艣惫补箩腻苍耻 can be transliterated into English as Parsvajanu or Parshvajanu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra笔腻谤艣惫补箩腻苍耻 (啶ぞ啶班啶多啶掂啶距え啷�).鈥擮ne of the 108 办补谤补峁嘺蝉 (minor dance movement) mentioned in the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 4. The instructions for this 辫腻谤艣惫补箩腻苍耻-办补谤补峁嘺 is as follows, 鈥渙ne foot in Sama position and the opposite thigh raised, and one Mu峁ａ弓i hand on the chest.鈥�.
A 办补谤补峁嘺 represents a minor dance movements and combines 蝉迟丑腻苍补 (standing position), 肠腻谤墨 (foot and leg movement) and 苍峁泃迟补丑补蝉迟补 (hands in dancing position).
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
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Partial matches: Parshva, Janna.
Starts with: Parshvajanuka.
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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Elucidation of Kara峁嘺s related to Gati < [Chapter 2 - Concept and technique of Gati]
Gati used for the delineation of Bh膩va and Rasa < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in D峁浥泍a-k膩vyas]
Dance movements found in sculptures < [Chapter 4 - Practice of Gati]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Dance Traditions of South India < [May-June 1935]