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Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)

by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words

This page relates ‘Uttama, Madhyama and Adhama of Virahotkanthita� of the study dealing with the Ashta-Nayikas—a classification of eight kinds of “Heroines� representing the eight emotional states (avastha) employed in the classical Indian dance and performing arts (otherwise known as Natya Shastra). These Ashtanayikas reflect the eight types of romantic relationships and have hence formed the expressive subject of many classical painting, poems and dramatic plays.

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Part 12 - ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ and 󲹳 of վdzٰ첹ṇṭ󾱳

Only ŚṛṅñᲹī goes on to state as to how վdzٰ첹ṇṭ󾱳 can be classified into ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ and 󲹳.

विरहोत्कण्ठिताया� कथमिति चेत् नयननिमेषपातसमयमात्रविरहेणापि बहुवर्धमानविरहवेदनावती उत्तमा �
वल्लभानवलोकनेन मोहवेदनावती मध्यमा � नायक विप्रलम्भविलम्बे� वेदनावती अधमा �

virahotkaṇṭhitāyā� kathamiti cet nayananimeṣapātasamayamātraviraheṇāpi bahuvardhamānavirahavedanāvatī uttamā |
vallabhānavalokanena mohavedanāvatī madhyamā | ⲹ첹 vipralambhavilambena vedanāvatī adhamā ||
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One whose pangs of separation increase at the briefest separation is an ٳٲ. The one who feels the separation after losing sight of her lover is a Ѳⲹ. The one who feels the separation slowly is an 󲹳.

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Ibid., 40.

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