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of the body devoid of all kinds of abhinayas (gestures) in the manner prescribed in connection with Angikabhinaya and do not convey any specific meaning are known as N峁泃ta. The Natya described by Bharata, consisting of the indication trough gestures of the sentence, meaning and the moods, is employed only in dramas. At present only 脜ngik膩bhinya is being dealt with here. 21 GESTURE AS A LANGUAGE
Each mode of communication has a language of its own.
Alphabet is the basic element of a language. Even a single syllable can
communicate ideas. But in some particular contexts ideas can be
communicated without uttering even a single syllable. Or in other words,
gesture begins when vocabulary ends. A gesture by head, hand, eye etc.
can do this. People communicate ideas occasionally with the help of a
series of gestures. But they do not have a refined style of communication
using gestures. It comes only as a subsidiary to spoken language. If
observed curiously, it could be found that a fine system of communication,
which exceeds the spoken language, can be developed through gestures.
Then it becomes an art. This is precisely what Bharata did in his work.
Like every language, the 'gesture-language' also has its own
alphabet. In a language a group of syllables makes a word; a group of
words a sentence and so on. Thus they can give a comprehensive idea of
any subject. The 鈥榞esture language' also follows similar system. A single
gesture can convey a meaningful idea and a group of gestures, which is