Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)
by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words
This page relates ‘Uttama, Madhyama and Adhama of Vipralabdha� 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 11 - ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ and of վ
Examples of ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ and of the վ character of woman heroine:
विप्रलब्धाया� कथमिति चेत् नायकेनान्यकान्तासक्त्य� वञ्चनं रचितमिति प्रेम्णो न्यूनत्व� वञ्चकस्याप� प्रियस्य वञ्चना� विस्मृत्यत्यन्तं व्याकुला भवति सोत्तम� � अत्र कथ� लक्षणमित� चे� वञ्चने� नायकप्रेम्णो न्यूनत्व� वञ्चिताय� अप� नितान्� चिन्तय� व्याकुलत्वेन प्रेम्� आधिक्यम् � एव मे� विप्रलब्धा� मध्यमाधमभेदौ अधिकन्यूनप्रेम्ण� योजनीयौ �
vipralabdhāyā� kathamiti cet nāyakenānyakāntāsaktyā vañcana� racitamiti premṇo nyūnatva� vañcakasyāpi priyasya vañcanā� vismṛtyatyanta� vyākulā bhavati sottamā | atra katha� lakṣaṇamiti ceta vañcanena nāyakapremṇo nyūnatva� vañcitāyā api nitānta cintayā vyākulatvena premṇa ādhikyam | eva meva vipralabdhāya madhyamādhamabhedau adhikanyūnapremṇ� yojanīyau |[1]
"Where love is thick faults are thin'' is a famous saying. Well, keeping that in mind, the վ who forgets that her lover cheated on her yet feels depressed nevertheless at his absence is an ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ is the one who remembers his offence for some time. is the one who does not forget his cheating her.
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[1]:
Ibid., 40.