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Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)

by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words

This page relates ‘Examples of Samanya 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 10 - Examples of 峾Բ ṇḍ

Examples of the 峾Բ variety of the ṇḍ character of woman heroine:

उरस्तव पयोधराङ्कितमिद� कुतो मे क्षम� तत� वस� निधीयतां मय� पुरा यदङ्गीकृतम� �
इत� प्रचलचेतसः प्रियतमस्य वारस्त्रिय� क्वणत्कनककङ्कण� करतलात� समाकृष्यते �

urastava payodharāṅkitamida� kuto me kṣamā tato vasu nidhīyatā� mayi purā yadaṅgīkṛtam |
iti pracalacetasa� priyatamasya vārastriyā kvaṇatkanakakaṅkaṇa� karatalāt samākṛṣyate ||
[1]

O! Cheat! How can I pardon you when I can see the marks of another lady’s bosom? Hence give me the earlier promised riches. Saying thus, the courtesan snatched the jingling bangle from the hand of the fickle minded hero.

प्रातः प्रबालमणिन� मणिमालया � वीक्ष्� प्रसाधिततनुं तमुपेयिवांसम� �
तस्यापरावयववर्तिभिरर्द्घचन्द्र� -र्वाराङ्गनाहृदयग� व्यगमंस्तदाशाः �

prāta� prabālamaṇinā maṇimālayā ca vīkṣya prasādhitatanu� tamupeyivāṃsam |
tasyāparāvayavavartibhirardghacandrai -rvārāṅganāhṛdayagā vyagamaṃstadāśā� ||
[2]

In morning, seeing the satiated body, the necklace and the half moon marks made by the other woman, the courtesan’s hopes shattered.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

Ibid., xlviii. 129.

[2]:

鲹Ի, 25.

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