Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)
by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words
This page relates ‘Examples of Mugdha Khandita� 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 6 - Examples of ѳܲ ṇḍ
Examples of the ѳܲ variety of the ṇḍ character of woman heroine:
A beautiful description of a wife who forgives her husband during the season of rains by ḷi:
पयोधरैर्भीमगभीरनिस्विनैस्तडिद्भिरुद्धेजि� चेतस� भृशम� �
कृतापराधानपि योषितः प्रियान्परिष्वजन्त� शयने निरन्तरम� �payodharairbhīmagabhīranisvinaistaḍidbhiruddhejita cetaso bhṛśam |
kṛtāparādhānapi yoṣita� priyānpariṣvajante śayane nirantaram ||[1]“Often the sheeted lightening followed by a deafening crash of thunder, and its lingering terrifying sound scare the young wife into longing; she nestles close and embracing her lover forgives the error of his ways.�[2]
वक्ष� किमु कलशाङ्कितमित� किमप� द्रष्ट� मिच्छन्त्याः �
नयनं नवोढसुदृशः प्राणेशः पाणिना पिदध� �ṣa� kimu kalaśāṅkitamiti kimapi draṣṭu micchantyā� |
nayana� navoḍhasudṛśa� prāṇeśa� pāṇinā pidadhe ||[3]As the newly wed bride wanted to ask about the imprint of the other woman’s bosom on his chest, the hero covered her eyes with his hands.
Footnotes and references:
[3]:
鲹ñᲹī, xliv. 125.