Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)
by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words
This page relates ‘Portrayal of Svadhinapatika� 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 3 - Portrayal of īԲ貹پ
विचित्रोज्जवलवेष� � प्रमोदोद्योतितानना �
उदीर्णशोभातिशया कार्या स्वाधीनभर्तृका �
vicitrojjavalaveṣ� ca pramododyotitānanā |
udīrṇaśobhātiśayā kāryā svādhīnabhartṛkā ||[1]
A īԲṛk (īԲ貹پ) should be portrayed as well dressed up in radiant and gaudy clothes, beaming with pleasure and having a happy countenance.