Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)
by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words
This page relates ‘Uttama, Madhyama and Adhama of Abhisarika� 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 15 - ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ and of
Examples of the ٳٲ, Ѳⲹ and of the character of woman heroine:
अभिसारिकायां कथमिति चेत् देहं विस्मृत्� साहसैकसहाय� याभिसरति सोत्तम� � इयमे� कामाभिसारिका � सहायेन याभिसरति सा मध्यमा � समयं निरीक्ष्� याभिसरति सा अधमा �
abhisārikāyā� kathamiti cet deha� vismṛtya sāhasaikasahāyā yābhisarati sottamā | iyameva 峾 | sahāyena yābhisarati sā madhyamā | samaya� nirīkṣya yābhisarati sā adhamā |[1]
ٳٲ is one who forgets her body and goes forth with bravery as her only escort; this is the type known as 峾. Ѳⲹ is the one who goes to the tryst along with an escort. is the one who waits for the convenient time and then goes to her lover.
Here, the base of classification is not same. If going alone seems to be ٳٲ, then going with a sakhi is Ѳⲹ then logically going as group should have been the while the sudden use of time quotient is found. Also mentioning that only a 峾 is an ٳٲ is not the correct methodology of classification, as this presupposes that all other divisions are not ٳٲ.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ibid., 40.